How Drammen Township works: jobs, income and commuting
Hardly any stay in Drammen Township for work; outside it, Marshall is the main destination (22%, 31 miles). 37% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Working residents average 40 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
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).
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 Drammen Township goes to work
Where Drammen Township clocks in
22% of workers
16% 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: 100% of the jobs in Drammen Township
72 jobs are based in Drammen Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Drammen Township, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 72. 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 Drammen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Drammen Township: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Drammen Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22 commuters (the 37% 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 it is to work from Drammen Township
About 19% 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 to Drammen Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Drammen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drammen Township | – | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Diamond Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Verdi Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Shaokatan Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Diamond Lake Township, Verdi Township and Shaokatan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Drammen 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 Drammen Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Drammen Township?
4.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Drammen Township?
40 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Drammen Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (22%, 31 mi), Tyler (16%, 13 mi), Brookings (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Drammen 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 Drammen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Drammen 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.