With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Eastern Township works elsewhere
For 10% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%. 6 jobs are based in Eastern Township, and 105 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Eastern Township itself; outside it, Alexandria draws the most (24%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Eastern Township
On a workday 105 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Eastern Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
The places Eastern Township commutes to
Where Eastern Township clocks in
24% of workers
7% 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.
67% of the jobs in Eastern Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eastern Township, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 6. 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 Eastern Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Eastern Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eastern Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 67 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Eastern Township
About 25% 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.
Eastern Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eastern Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $88,250 |
| Woodside Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Spruce Hill Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Wykeham Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Parkers Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodside Township, Spruce Hill Township, Wykeham Township and Parkers Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eastern 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 Eastern Township: questions
What is the median household income in Eastern Township?
$88,250 (±$8,444) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eastern Township?
3.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eastern Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eastern Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alexandria (24%, 21 mi), Wadena (7%, 20 mi), Parkers Prairie (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eastern Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eastern Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eastern 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.