Lars and Guri Endreson House · Photo: Myotus · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Dovre Township earn more than those in 91% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 6.2% of residents, where Minnesota as a whole has 9.3%. Dovre Township grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability. 10% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Dovre Township
More than half of Dovre Township works in Willmar
561 working residents, 55%, have their main job in Willmar, 5.3 miles away across the town line. That’s 28 times as many as work in Dovre Township itself. The commute map ↓
Dovre Township is a place people come home to
There are 198 jobs based in Dovre Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dovre Township has about 1,300 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Dovre Township residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Dovre Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dovre Township is better than 86% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Dovre Township’s grade up (0.4%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dovre Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
55% of working residents work in Willmar
Where Dovre Township clocks in
55% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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 a workday changes Dovre Township
On a workday 1,009 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Dovre Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.19 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 from Dovre Township, by distance
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.
Dovre Township works in goods: 56% of its jobs
198 jobs are based in Dovre Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dovre Township, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 198. 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 Dovre Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Dovre Township takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dovre Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,176 commuters (the 10% 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.
Most of Dovre Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dovre Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Minnesota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,308 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Dovre Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dovre Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Dovre Township comes 508th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Stillwater Township MN | 1,831 | $162K | 3.4% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 506 | Medary WI | 1,563 | $105K | 3.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A |
| 507 | Blue Jay OH | 1,797 | $118K | 8.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 508 | Dovre Township MN | 2,173 | $129K | 6.2% | 0.4% | 2% | A |
| 509 | Scott Township PA | 2,133 | $84K | 2.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A |
| 510 | Deerfield WI | 1,613 | $118K | 7.0% | 2.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dovre Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work next door: 57% of Dovre Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Willmar (55%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dovre Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dovre Township | – | A | D | 19 min | $128,906 |
| Willmar | 55% | C | B+ | 13 min | $62,280 |
| Mamre Township | under 1% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Willmar Township | 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Green Lake Township | under 1% | A− | C | 15 min | $107,857 |
| Lake Andrew Township | under 1% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mamre Township, Willmar Township and Lake Andrew Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dovre 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 Dovre Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dovre Township?
$128,906 (±$7,414) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dovre Township?
6.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dovre Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dovre Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willmar (55%, 5 mi), New London (2%, 9 mi), St. Paul (2%, 98 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dovre Township walkable?
Dovre Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dovre 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 Dovre Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dovre 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.