Comfort Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 89 jobs in Comfort Township, and 473 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Comfort Township are B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 1% stay in Comfort Township for work; outside it, Mora is the main destination (20%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Comfort Township
Comfort Township is a place people come home to
There are 89 jobs based in Comfort Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Comfort Township has about 880 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Comfort Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 473 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Comfort Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Comfort Township is better than 47% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Comfort Township’s grade up ($91,196, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.5%) is left out: Comfort Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Comfort Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Comfort Township by day and by night
On a workday 466 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Comfort Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Comfort Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 452 commuters (the 14% 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 Comfort Township’s workers travel
About 33% 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.
Out of Comfort Township to work: where people go
Where Comfort Township clocks in
20% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Comfort Township: what the 89 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Comfort Township, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 89. 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 Comfort Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Comfort Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Comfort Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 524 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.0% of Comfort Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Comfort Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Comfort Township ranks 1,833rd of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,831 | McClellan Township IL | 1,188 | $77K | 10.3% | 2.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,832 | Mullett Township MI | 1,233 | $83K | 5.2% | 7.3% | 1% | B− |
| 1,833 | Comfort Township MN | 1,264 | $91K | 7.2% | 3.5% | 1% | B− |
| 1,834 | Skagway AK | 1,174 | $89K | 6.2% | 9.3% | — | B− |
| 1,835 | Catawba SC | 1,071 | $60K | 11.5% | 13.8% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Comfort Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Comfort Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Comfort Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comfort Township | – | B− | D | 33 min | $91,196 |
| Whited Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Grass Lake Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 42 min | $82,188 |
| Arthur Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 30 min | $72,375 |
| Pokegama Township | under 2% | B− | C | 37 min | $77,888 |
Same-state neighbors only. Whited Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Comfort 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 Comfort Township: questions
What is the median household income in Comfort Township?
$91,196 (±$10,765) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Comfort Township?
7.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Comfort Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Comfort Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mora (20%, 4 mi), Cambridge (8%, 21 mi), Braham (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Comfort Township walkable?
Comfort Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Comfort Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Comfort Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Comfort 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.