Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs, income and commuting in Crane Lake Township, MN
Hardly any stay in Crane Lake Township for work; outside it, Greenwood Township is the main destination (20%, 35 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 13 minutes; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26. Employers in Crane Lake Township report 44 jobs, against 30 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Crane Lake Township
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Crane Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).
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 Crane Lake Township’s working residents head each day
Where Crane Lake Township clocks in
17% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Crane Lake Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crane Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 44. 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 Crane Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 13 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crane Lake Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 commuters (the 17% 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 Crane Lake Township’s workers travel
About 60% 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.
How Crane Lake Township compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crane Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crane Lake Township | – | — | — | 13 min | $74,583 |
| Portage Township | under 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Portage Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crane Lake 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 Crane Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Crane Lake Township?
$74,583 (±$20,319) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crane Lake Township?
3.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crane Lake Township?
13 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crane Lake Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenwood Township (20%, 35 mi), Virginia (17%, 57 mi), Fayal Township (10%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crane Lake 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 Crane Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crane Lake 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.