Most of Elmore Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Elmore Township; the top destination outside it is Blue Earth (35%, 6 miles). Employers in Elmore Township report 20 jobs, and 69 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 10% 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
How a workday changes Elmore Township
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Elmore Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Elmore Township’s working residents head each day
Where Elmore Township clocks in
13% 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.
The kinds of work in Elmore Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elmore Township, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 20. 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 Elmore Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes to work from Elmore Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elmore Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 91 commuters (the 10% 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 Elmore Township
About 23% 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.
Elmore Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Blue Earth City Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elmore Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmore Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $90,313 |
| Elmore | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Blue Earth City Township | 4% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Pilot Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Rome Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Elmore, Blue Earth City Township, Pilot Grove Township and Rome Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elmore 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 Elmore Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elmore Township?
$90,313 (±$26,697) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elmore Township?
10.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elmore Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elmore Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blue Earth (35%, 6 mi), Fairmont (13%, 21 mi), Winnebago (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elmore 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 Elmore Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elmore 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.