Crate Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S. There are 11 jobs in Crate Township for 87 working residents. Hardly any stay in Crate Township for work; outside it, Clara City is the main destination (26%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Crate Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 87 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Crate Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Where Crate Township goes to work
Where Crate Township clocks in
26% of workers
25% 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.
Crate Township works in goods: 82% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crate Township, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 11. 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 Crate Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Crate Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crate Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 103 commuters (the 23% 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 distance from Crate Township to work
About 20% 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 Crate Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Leenthrop Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crate Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crate Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $105,000 |
| Havelock Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Louriston Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Lone Tree Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Stoneham Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Leenthrop Township | 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Havelock Township, Louriston Township, Lone Tree Township, Stoneham Township and Leenthrop Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crate 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 Crate Township: questions
What is the median household income in Crate Township?
$105,000 (±$19,479) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crate Township?
11.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crate Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crate Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clara City (26%, 5 mi), Willmar (25%, 19 mi), Montevideo (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crate Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crate Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crate 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.