Thief River Falls draws about half of Eckvoll Township’s working residents
Hardly any stay in Eckvoll Township for work; outside it, Thief River Falls is the main destination (48%, 23 miles). Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26. 2 jobs are based in Eckvoll Township; 27 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Eckvoll Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 42 people are in Eckvoll Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.07 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.
Where Eckvoll Township goes to work
Where Eckvoll Township clocks in
4% 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.
100% of the jobs in Eckvoll Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eckvoll 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 Eckvoll Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eckvoll Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 commuters (the 18% 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.
Half of Eckvoll Township commutes less than 26 miles
About 26% 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 Eckvoll Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eckvoll Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckvoll Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $106,563 |
| Valley Township | under 4% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Rollis Township | under 4% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Moylan Township | under 4% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Valley Township, Rollis Township and Moylan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eckvoll 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Eckvoll Township workers work outside Minnesota. The job records count 15% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Eckvoll Township: questions
What is the median household income in Eckvoll Township?
$106,563 (±$55,096) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eckvoll Township?
0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eckvoll Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eckvoll Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Eckvoll 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 Eckvoll Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eckvoll 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.