Echo Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Echo Township report 5 jobs, and 54 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Echo Township for work; outside it, Marshall is the main destination (17%, 20 miles). The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Echo Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 54 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 82 people are in Echo Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Echo Township goes to work
Where Echo Township clocks in
17% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
Echo Township works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Echo Township, 2014 → 2024: 15 → 5. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Echo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Echo Township takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Echo Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 23% 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 Echo Township
About 28% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Echo Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Echo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echo Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $101,250 |
| Kintire Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Posen Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Sioux Agency Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kintire Township, Posen Township and Sioux Agency Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Echo 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 2024, 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 Echo Township: questions
What is the median household income in Echo Township?
$101,250 (±$31,304) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Echo Township?
11.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Echo Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Echo Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (17%, 20 mi), Cottonwood (11%, 12 mi), Granite Falls (11%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Echo Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Echo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Echo Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.