Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0A job hub: Clontarf Township has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 63 people come in to work
Hardly any work in Clontarf Township itself; outside it, Benson draws the most (29%, 5 miles). Clontarf Township has 63 jobs for 35 working residents. 24% of workers work from home (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Clontarf Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 35 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 110 people are in Clontarf Township on a workday afternoon, 33% more 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 Clontarf Township’s workforce comes from
Where Clontarf Township clocks in
29% of workers
9% 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.
Goods, not services: 92% of the jobs in Clontarf Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clontarf Township, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 63. 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 Clontarf Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 16 minutes from Clontarf Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clontarf Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 commuters (the 24% 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.
The commute from Clontarf Township, by distance
About 23% 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.
The towns around Clontarf Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clontarf Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clontarf Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $170,500 |
| Six Mile Grove Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Tara Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Hoff Township | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Benson Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Six Mile Grove Township, Tara Township, Hoff Township and Benson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clontarf 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 Clontarf Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clontarf Township?
$170,500 (±$10,189) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clontarf Township?
10.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clontarf Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clontarf Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Benson (29%, 5 mi), Montevideo (9%, 28 mi), Willmar (9%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clontarf Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clontarf Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clontarf 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.