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Jobs & commute in Durand Township

Most of Durand Township commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident

Durand Township has 2 jobs, against 93 working residents. Hardly any work in Durand Township itself; outside it, Bemidji draws the most (32%, 14 miles). 6% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Durand Township for work, and who comes in

On a workday 93 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

93live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night220
Workday130
220live here− 93head out to work+ 2come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Durand Township on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs 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 Durand Township’s working residents head each day

Bagley: 2 residents work here (2%)Blackduck: 13 residents work here (14%)WiltonWarroad: 2 residents work here (2%)Bemidji: 30 residents work here (32%)Alexandria: 2 residents work here (2%)St. Cloud: 2 residents work here (2%)Duluth: 3 residents work here (3%)Frohn Township: 2 residents work here (2%)Hagali TownshipBemidji Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Turtle Lake TownshipDurand TownshipNorthern Township: 2 residents work here (2%)Helga TownshipNebish TownshipBemidjiBlackduckDuluthBemidji TownshipBagleyWarroadDurand Township
1
Bemidji14.4 mi away
32%30
2
Blackduck13.5 mi away
14%13
3
Duluth142 mi away
3%3
4
Bemidji Township17.4 mi away
3%3
5
Bagley28.6 mi away
2%2
6
Warroad87.3 mi away
2%2
7
Alexandria128.1 mi away
2%2
8
St. Cloud153.1 mi away
2%2
9
Frohn Township16.4 mi away
2%2
10
Northern Township10.2 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%32
The top trips

Where Durand 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

The kinds of work in Durand Township

Jobs based in Durand TownshipJobs Durand Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%30%
Trade, transport & utilities100%16%
Services: health, schools, offices0%54%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%20%
Over $3,333 a month50%70%

Who does it

29 or younger0%13%
30 to 54100%63%
55 and older0%24%
+0%

Jobs based in Durand Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 2. 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 Durand Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Durand Township takes about 48 minutes

A year of commuting
371 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Durand Township48 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
6%

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

About 1 in 10
How Durand Township gets to work
92%Drive alone
8%Carpool

Share of the 106 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.

How far

The distance from Durand Township to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBemidji: 32% · 14.4 miBlackduck: 14% · 13.5 miDuluth: 3% · 142 miBemidji Township: 3% · 17.4 miBagley: 2% · 28.6 miWarroad: 2% · 87.3 miAlexandria: 2% · 128.1 miSt. Cloud: 2% · 153.1 miFrohn Township: 2% · 16.4 miNorthern Township: 2% · 10.2 miBemidji 32%Blackduck 14%Duluth 3%Bemidji Township 3%Bagley 2%Durand Township
Durand TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
3%Under 10 mi3 residents
63%10–24 mi59 residents
6%25–50 mi6 residents
27%Over 50 mi25 residents

About 27% 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

Durand Township and its neighbors

Turtle Lake Township: few work hereHagali Township: few work hereNebish Township: few work hereTurtle Lake TownshipHagali TownshipNebish TownshipDurand Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Turtle Lake Township25 min
Hagali Township26 min
Nebish Township32 min
Durand Township48 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownDurand Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Durand Township–——48 min$96,250
Turtle Lake Townshipunder 3%B+D−25 min$119,750
Hagali Townshipunder 3%——26 min—
Nebish Townshipunder 3%——32 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Hagali Township and Nebish Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Durand 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 Durand Township: questions

What is the median household income in Durand Township?

$96,250 (±$35,376) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Durand Township?

0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Durand Township?

48 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Durand Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bemidji (32%, 14 mi), Blackduck (14%, 14 mi), Duluth (3%, 142 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Durand Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Durand Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Durand Township

Durand 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.