Ellsburg Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Working residents average 36 minutes each way; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26. Employers in Ellsburg Township report 2 jobs, and 80 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Ellsburg Township itself; outside it, Duluth draws the most (34%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Ellsburg Township
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Ellsburg Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Where people from Ellsburg Township work
Where Ellsburg Township clocks in
34% of workers
6% 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.
Ellsburg Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellsburg Township, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 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 Ellsburg Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Ellsburg Township: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellsburg Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 109 commuters (the 16% 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.
Where in the region Ellsburg Township works
About 16% 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.
Around Ellsburg Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ellsburg Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsburg Township | – | — | — | 36 min | $79,167 |
| Cotton Township | under 3% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| McDavitt Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cotton Township and McDavitt Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ellsburg 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 Ellsburg Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ellsburg Township?
$79,167 (±$12,344) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellsburg Township?
4.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellsburg Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ellsburg Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Duluth (34%, 34 mi), Cloquet (8%, 34 mi), Virginia (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ellsburg 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 Ellsburg Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellsburg 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.