Daggett Brook Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
44 jobs are based in Daggett Brook Township; 264 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Daggett Brook Township itself; outside it, Brainerd draws the most (27%, 11 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Daggett Brook Township apart
Daggett Brook Township and Brainerd trade workers both ways
Brainerd is the top workplace for Daggett Brook Township residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Daggett Brook Township come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Daggett Brook Township is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Daggett Brook Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Daggett Brook Township has about 350 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Daggett Brook Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 264 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Daggett Brook Township work
Where Daggett Brook Township clocks in
27% 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.
How many people are in Daggett Brook Township by day
On a workday 263 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Daggett Brook 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.
About 30 minutes each way for Daggett Brook Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Daggett Brook Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 304 commuters (the 6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 64% of the jobs in Daggett Brook Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Daggett Brook Township, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 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 Daggett Brook Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Daggett Brook Township’s workers travel
About 25% 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.
Around Daggett Brook Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Daggett Brook Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daggett Brook Township | – | — | — | 30 min | $66,429 |
| Long Lake Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 26 min | $85,385 |
| Platte Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Platte Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| St. Mathias Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Platte Township, Platte Lake Township and St. Mathias Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Daggett Brook 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 Daggett Brook Township: questions
What is the median household income in Daggett Brook Township?
$66,429 (±$12,978) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Daggett Brook Township?
11.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Daggett Brook Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Daggett Brook Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brainerd (27%, 11 mi), Baxter (19%, 12 mi), Little Falls (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Daggett Brook 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 Daggett Brook Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Daggett Brook 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.