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Jobs & commute in Cornish Township

Cornish Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S. Cornish Township has 14 jobs, against 124 working residents. Hardly any work in Cornish Township itself; outside it, New Ulm draws the most (16%, 13 miles).

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

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Cornish Township

On a workday 124 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.

124live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
14work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night240
Workday130
240live here− 120head out to work+ 14come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Cornish Township on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs 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 people from Cornish Township work

Buffalo Lake: 2 residents work here (2%)Gibbon: 6 residents work here (5%)HendersonWinthrop: 10 residents work here (8%)Gaylord: 7 residents work here (6%)Glencoe: 3 residents work here (2%)HinckleyNorthfieldHutchinson: 12 residents work here (10%)New Ulm: 20 residents work here (16%)Bloomington: 3 residents work here (2%)Eden Prairie: 3 residents work here (2%)Minneapolis: 4 residents work here (3%)Lafayette TownshipAlfsborg TownshipBismarck TownshipCornish TownshipPenn TownshipSouth Bend TownshipTransit TownshipCourtland TownshipSeverance TownshipNew UlmHutchinsonWinthropGaylordGibbonMinneapolisCornish Township
1
New Ulm13.4 mi away
16%20
2
Hutchinson26.5 mi away
10%12
3
Winthrop4 mi away
8%10
4
Gaylord10.7 mi away
6%7
5
Gibbon5.6 mi away
5%6
6
Minneapolis64.8 mi away
3%4
7
Glencoe22.7 mi away
2%3
8
Bloomington58.7 mi away
2%3
9
Eden Prairie52.9 mi away
2%3
10
Buffalo Lake18.9 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%54
The top trips

Where Cornish 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

The kinds of work in Cornish Township

Jobs based in Cornish TownshipJobs Cornish Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms7%31%
Trade, transport & utilities79%21%
Services: health, schools, offices14%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less21%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%23%
Over $3,333 a month43%60%

Who does it

29 or younger14%19%
30 to 5450%56%
55 and older36%25%
−26%

Jobs based in Cornish Township, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 14. 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 Cornish Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Cornish Township: about 30 minutes

A year of commuting
232 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Cornish Township30 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
13%

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

About 1 in 10
How Cornish Township gets to work
90%Drive alone
7%Carpool
2%Transit
1%Walk

Share of the 121 commuters (the 13% 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 Cornish Township’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miNew Ulm: 16% · 13.4 miHutchinson: 10% · 26.5 miWinthrop: 8% · 4 miGaylord: 6% · 10.7 miGibbon: 5% · 5.6 miMinneapolis: 3% · 64.8 miGlencoe: 2% · 22.7 miBloomington: 2% · 58.7 miEden Prairie: 2% · 52.9 miBuffalo Lake: 2% · 18.9 miNew Ulm 16%Hutchinson 10%Winthrop 8%Gaylord 6%Gibbon 5%Cornish Township
Cornish TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
17%Under 10 mi21 residents
35%10–24 mi44 residents
18%25–50 mi22 residents
30%Over 50 mi37 residents

About 30% 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

Around Cornish Township: the bordering towns

The biggest share goes to Winthrop (8%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Severance Township18 min
Alfsborg Township19 min
Lafayette Township22 min
Bismarck Township27 min
Winthrop28 min
Cornish Township30 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownCornish Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Cornish Township–——30 min$78,750
Alfsborg Townshipunder 2%——19 min—
Winthrop8%C+B−28 min$69,219
Severance Townshipunder 2%——18 min—
Lafayette Townshipunder 2%——22 min—
Bismarck Townshipunder 2%——27 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Alfsborg Township, Severance Township, Lafayette Township and Bismarck Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Cornish 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 Cornish Township: questions

What is the median household income in Cornish Township?

$78,750 (±$13,114) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Cornish Township?

8.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Cornish Township?

30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Cornish Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Ulm (16%, 13 mi), Hutchinson (10%, 26 mi), Winthrop (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Cornish Township without a car?

2% 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 Cornish Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Cornish Township

Cornish 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.