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Jobs & commute in Clark Township

Most of Clark Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

Clark Township has 5 jobs for 52 working residents. Hardly any stay in Clark Township for work; outside it, McGregor is the main destination (12%, 10 miles). Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Clark Township

On a workday 52 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.

52live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday79
130live here− 52head out to work+ 5come in to work= 79on a workday

About 79 people are in Clark Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.10jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Clark Township’s working residents head each day

Steamboat Springs: 1 residents work here (2%)Hill City: 3 residents work here (6%)Askov: 1 residents work here (2%)McGregor: 6 residents work here (12%)Aitkin: 3 residents work here (6%)Fridley: 2 residents work here (4%)Cloquet: 2 residents work here (4%)Duluth: 5 residents work here (10%)White TownshipLakeview TownshipBeseman TownshipSpencer Township: 2 residents work here (4%)Beaver TownshipClark TownshipMcGregor TownshipShamrock Township: 3 residents work here (6%)Haugen TownshipSalo TownshipMcGregorDuluthHill CityAitkinShamrock TownshipFridleyClark Township
1
McGregor9.6 mi away
12%6
2
Duluth46.8 mi away
10%5
3
Hill City33.7 mi away
6%3
4
Aitkin29.6 mi away
6%3
5
Shamrock Township10.4 mi away
6%3
6
Fridley107.3 mi away
4%2
7
Cloquet29.1 mi away
4%2
8
Spencer Township25.7 mi away
4%2
92%1
10
Askov34.3 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%24
The top trips

Where Clark Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Making and building: 80% of jobs based in Clark Township

Jobs based in Clark TownshipJobs Clark Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms80%23%
Trade, transport & utilities20%25%
Services: health, schools, offices0%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less20%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%35%
Over $3,333 a month80%46%

Who does it

29 or younger0%31%
30 to 54100%37%
55 and older0%33%
−29%

Jobs based in Clark Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 5. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

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 Clark Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota

A year of commuting
212 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Clark Township28 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

of Clark Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Clark Township gets to work
92%Drive alone
2%Carpool
6%Other

Share of the 64 commuters (the 9% 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

How far Clark Township goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMcGregor: 12% · 9.6 miDuluth: 10% · 46.8 miHill City: 6% · 33.7 miAitkin: 6% · 29.6 miShamrock Township: 6% · 10.4 miFridley: 4% · 107.3 miCloquet: 4% · 29.1 miSpencer Township: 4% · 25.7 miSteamboat Springs: 2% · 806.5 miAskov: 2% · 34.3 miMcGregor 12%Duluth 10%Hill City 6%Aitkin 6%Shamrock Township 6%Clark Township
Clark TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi8 residents
13%10–24 mi7 residents
37%25–50 mi19 residents
35%Over 50 mi18 residents

About 35% 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.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Clark Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Clark Township28 min
Beseman Township30 min
Lakeview Township30 min
Haugen Township31 min
Salo Township32 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownClark Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Clark Township–——28 min$62,500
McGregor Townshipunder 2%————
Salo Townshipunder 2%——32 min—
Lakeview Townshipunder 2%——30 min—
Haugen Townshipunder 2%——31 min—
Beseman Townshipunder 2%——30 min—

Same-state neighbors only. McGregor Township, Salo Township, Lakeview Township, Haugen Township and Beseman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Clark Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Clark Township: questions

What is the median household income in Clark Township?

$62,500 (±$18,166) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Clark Township?

2.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Clark Township?

28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Clark Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McGregor (12%, 10 mi), Duluth (10%, 47 mi), Hill City (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Clark Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Clark Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Clark Township

Clark Township home →

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.