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Jobs & commute in Delavan Township

Delavan Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Employers in Delavan Township report 11 jobs for 107 working residents. Hardly any stay in Delavan Township for work; outside it, Blue Earth is the main destination (21%, 11 miles). Working from home is the commute for 8% 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

Day and night

Delavan Township on a workday afternoon

On a workday 106 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.

106live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
10work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night240
Workday150
240live here− 110head out to work+ 10come in to work= 150on a workday

About 150 people are in Delavan Township on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.10jobs 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 the trip to work from Delavan Township ends

DelavanMapleton: 4 residents work here (4%)WelcomeWells: 2 residents work here (2%)Winnebago: 15 residents work here (14%)Blue Earth: 22 residents work here (21%)Thief River Falls: 2 residents work here (2%)North Mankato: 2 residents work here (2%)Albert Lea: 2 residents work here (2%)Fairmont: 4 residents work here (4%)Mankato: 12 residents work here (11%)Eagan: 3 residents work here (3%)Lura TownshipRutland TownshipDelavan TownshipWinnebago City TownshipSterling TownshipPrescott TownshipBlue EarthWinnebagoMankatoMapletonFairmontEaganDelavan Township
1
Blue Earth11.3 mi away
21%22
2
Winnebago4.9 mi away
14%15
3
Mankato26 mi away
11%12
4
Mapleton10.8 mi away
4%4
5
Fairmont21.7 mi away
4%4
6
Eagan83.6 mi away
3%3
7
Wells18.3 mi away
2%2
82%2
9
North Mankato26.3 mi away
2%2
10
Albert Lea37.7 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%39
The top trips

Where Delavan 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

Factories, building and farms: 82% of the jobs in Delavan Township

Jobs based in Delavan TownshipJobs Delavan Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms82%21%
Trade, transport & utilities18%27%
Services: health, schools, offices0%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less9%21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month55%36%
Over $3,333 a month36%44%

Who does it

29 or younger36%28%
30 to 5418%46%
55 and older45%26%
+175%

Jobs based in Delavan Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 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 Delavan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

A commute of about 23 minutes in Delavan Township

A year of commuting
179 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Delavan Township23 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

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

About 1 in 10
How Delavan Township gets to work
85%Drive alone
12%Carpool
1%Walk
2%Other

Share of the 86 commuters (the 9% 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

Short hops and long hauls from Delavan Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBlue Earth: 21% · 11.3 miWinnebago: 14% · 4.9 miMankato: 11% · 26 miMapleton: 4% · 10.8 miFairmont: 4% · 21.7 miEagan: 3% · 83.6 miWells: 2% · 18.3 miThief River Falls: 2% · 314 miNorth Mankato: 2% · 26.3 miAlbert Lea: 2% · 37.7 miBlue Earth 21%Winnebago 14%Mankato 11%Mapleton 4%Fairmont 4%Delavan Township
Delavan TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
25%Under 10 mi26 residents
36%10–24 mi38 residents
19%25–50 mi20 residents
20%Over 50 mi21 residents

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.

Next door

Next door to Delavan Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Prescott Township17 min
Delavan Township23 min
Winnebago City Township25 min
Lura Township26 min
Delavan31 min
Sterling Township35 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownDelavan Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Delavan Township–——23 min$81,667
Lura Townshipunder 2%——26 min—
Winnebago City Townshipunder 2%——25 min—
Prescott Townshipunder 2%——17 min—
Sterling Townshipunder 2%——35 min—
Delavanunder 2%——31 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Lura Township, Winnebago City Township, Prescott Township, Sterling Township and Delavan: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Delavan 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 Delavan Township: questions

What is the median household income in Delavan Township?

$81,667 (±$7,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Delavan Township?

5.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Delavan Township?

23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Delavan Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blue Earth (21%, 11 mi), Winnebago (14%, 5 mi), Mankato (11%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Delavan 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 Delavan Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Delavan Township

Delavan 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.