Most of Cushing Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Cushing Township itself; outside it, Little Falls draws the most (15%, 14 miles). Cushing Township has 40 jobs, and 310 of its residents work somewhere. For 7% of workers, the job is at home, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cushing Township: the figures worth knowing
Cushing Township is a place people come home to
There are 40 jobs based in Cushing Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cushing Township has about 520 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Cushing Township and Little Falls trade workers both ways
Little Falls is the top workplace for Cushing Township residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Cushing Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Cushing Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (18 to 32 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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 310 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Cushing Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 306 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Cushing Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 Cushing Township’s working residents head each day
Where Cushing Township clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
About 36 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cushing Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 294 commuters (the 7% 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.
Cushing Township works in goods: 28% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cushing Township, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 40. 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 Cushing Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Cushing Township
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.
Cushing Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Scandia Valley Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cushing Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cushing Township | – | — | — | 36 min | $67,607 |
| Ripley Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Scandia Valley Township | 4% | B | C | 32 min | $81,750 |
| Fort Ripley | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Darling Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Turtle Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Parker Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Green Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Fort Ripley Township | under 2% | C | C | 31 min | $75,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ripley Township, Fort Ripley, Darling Township, Turtle Creek Township, Parker Township and Green Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cushing 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 Cushing Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cushing Township?
$67,607 (±$10,037) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cushing Township?
11.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cushing Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cushing Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Falls (15%, 14 mi), Brainerd (10%, 21 mi), Motley (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cushing Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cushing Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cushing 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.