Work means Bemidji for about half of Eckles Township’s working residents
Only 2% stay in Eckles Township for work; outside it, Bemidji is the main destination (48%, 7 miles). Jobs and income earn Eckles Township B−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Home is the office for 9% of workers, 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
Where Eckles Township stands out on work
Nearly half of Eckles Township works in Bemidji
483 working residents, 48%, have their main job in Bemidji, 7.1 miles away across the town line. That’s 24 times as many as work in Eckles Township itself. The commute map ↓
Eckles Township is a place people come home to
There are 268 jobs based in Eckles Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Eckles Township has about 1,200 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 999 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Eckles Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Eckles Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Eckles Township’s grade up (8.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (6.0%) is left out: Eckles Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Eckles Township could be anywhere from C to B.
The places Eckles Township commutes to
Where Eckles Township clocks in
48% 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.
Who commutes out of Eckles Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 981 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Eckles Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.27 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.
Eckles Township works in goods: 63% of its jobs
268 jobs are based in Eckles Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eckles Township, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 268. 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 Eckles Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Eckles Township spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eckles Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 831 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Eckles 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.
The commute in Eckles Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eckles Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 917 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). 2.2% of Eckles Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Eckles Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Eckles Township ranks: 2,313th of 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Stillwater Township MN | 1,831 | $162K | 3.4% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Baytown Township MN | 2,232 | $188K | 2.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,311 | St. Croix Falls WI | 2,370 | $65K | 3.4% | 6.1% | 15% | B− |
| 2,312 | Charlevoix Township MI | 1,797 | $81K | 7.1% | 2.2% | 11% | B− |
| 2,313 | Eckles Township MN | 1,945 | $78K | 8.0% | 6.0% | 2% | B− |
| 2,314 | Prairie Creek AR | 2,493 | $93K | 11.6% | 8.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,315 | Graton CA | 1,806 | $91K | 24.3% | 5.7% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | 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 Eckles Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work next door: 51% of Eckles Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eckles Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckles Township | – | B− | B− | 22 min | $78,125 |
| Wilton | 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Bemidji | 48% | C− | A | 17 min | $55,405 |
| Lammers Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Northern Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 20 min | $99,848 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Grant Valley Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 18 min | $80,109 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wilton, Lammers Township and Liberty Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bemidji. Darker towns draw more of Eckles 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 Eckles Township: questions
What is the median household income in Eckles Township?
$78,125 (±$10,043) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eckles Township?
8.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eckles Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eckles Township work?
2% work in town.
Is Eckles Township walkable?
Eckles Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eckles Township without a car?
2% 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 Eckles Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eckles 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.