Most of Evansville Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Evansville Township report 25 jobs; 117 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Evansville Township for work; outside it, Alexandria is the main destination (33%, 18 miles). Working from home is the commute for 11% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Evansville Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Evansville 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Evansville Township’s working residents head each day
Where Evansville Township clocks in
33% of workers
5% of workers
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.
Making and building: 64% of jobs based in Evansville Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Evansville Township, 2014 → 2024: 20 → 25. 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 Evansville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Evansville Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Evansville Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 110 commuters (the 11% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Evansville Township
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around Evansville Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Evansville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evansville Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $108,750 |
| Erdahl Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Urness Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lund Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Brandon Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Erdahl Township, Urness Township, Lund Township and Brandon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Evansville 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 Evansville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Evansville Township?
$108,750 (±$35,700) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Evansville Township?
0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Evansville Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Evansville Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alexandria (33%, 18 mi), Brandon (5%, 6 mi), Barrett (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Evansville 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 Evansville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Evansville 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.