Photo: Good Free Photos · CC BY 3.0Douglas Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 2% stay in Douglas Township for work; outside it, Hastings is the main destination (8%, 11 miles). There are 133 jobs in Douglas Township, and 372 of its residents work somewhere. Working residents average 25 minutes each way; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Douglas Township by day and by night
On a workday 365 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Douglas Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 Douglas Township goes to work
Where Douglas Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Goods, not services: 80% of the jobs in Douglas Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Douglas Township, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 133. 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 Douglas Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Douglas Township, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Douglas Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 337 commuters (the 15% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Douglas Township
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.
Douglas Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Cannon Falls (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Douglas Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $101,667 |
| Cannon Falls Township | under 3% | B | B− | 25 min | $97,950 |
| Welch Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Hampton Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Cannon Falls | 5% | A− | A | 22 min | $84,097 |
| Marshan Township | under 3% | A+ | B− | 33 min | $120,000 |
| Vasa Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Welch Township, Hampton Township and Vasa Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Douglas 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 Douglas Township: questions
What is the median household income in Douglas Township?
$101,667 (±$25,022) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Douglas Township?
1.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Douglas Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Douglas Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hastings (8%, 11 mi), St. Paul (7%, 28 mi), Eagan (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Douglas 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 Douglas Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Douglas 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.