Chief Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
12 jobs are based in Chief Township, against 64 working residents. Hardly any stay in Chief Township for work; outside it, Mahnomen is the main destination (42%, 6 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Chief Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Chief Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Chief Township ends
Where Chief Township clocks in
42% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Chief Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chief Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Chief Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chief Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Chief Township
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Chief Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chief Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $69,375 |
| Beaulieu Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Marsh Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Gregory Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Rosedale Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Beaulieu Township, Marsh Creek Township, Gregory Township and Rosedale Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chief Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Chief Township: questions
What is the median household income in Chief Township?
$69,375 (±$47,539) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chief Township?
6.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chief Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chief Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahnomen (42%, 6 mi), Detroit Lakes (6%, 39 mi), Crookston (5%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chief Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chief Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chief Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.