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Jobs & commute in Everglade Township

Morris draws more than half of Everglade Township’s working residents

9% of workers have no commute at all; Minnesota has 18%. Hardly any stay in Everglade Township for work; outside it, Morris is the main destination (52%, 14 miles). Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Everglade Township, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.

44live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday70
110live here− 44head out to work+ 9come in to work= 70on a workday

About 70 people are in Everglade Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.20jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.20 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.

The commute map

Where people from Everglade Township work

Hancock: 1 residents work here (2%)Clinton: 1 residents work here (2%)Wheaton: 1 residents work here (2%)Donnelly: 1 residents work here (2%)LuverneMorris: 23 residents work here (52%)Carver: 1 residents work here (2%)Willmar: 3 residents work here (7%)AlexandriaBaxter: 1 residents work here (2%)Baker TownshipDarnen Township: 2 residents work here (5%)West Bank TownshipPepperton TownshipStoneham TownshipEverglade TownshipHorton Township: 2 residents work here (5%)Framnas TownshipEldorado TownshipSynnes TownshipLeonardsville TownshipMorrisWillmarDarnen TownshipHorton TownshipHancockClintonEverglade Township
1
Morris13.6 mi away
52%23
2
Willmar64.6 mi away
7%3
3
Darnen Township12.9 mi away
5%2
4
Horton Township17.4 mi away
5%2
5
Hancock20.6 mi away
2%1
6
Clinton16.6 mi away
2%1
7
Wheaton19.9 mi away
2%1
8
Donnelly9.3 mi away
2%1
9
Carver137.6 mi away
2%1
10
Baxter104.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
18%8
The top trips

Where Everglade Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

In Everglade Township, 56% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

9 jobs are based in Everglade Township.

Jobs based in Everglade TownshipJobs Everglade Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms56%25%
Trade, transport & utilities44%18%
Services: health, schools, offices0%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%16%
Over $3,333 a month22%59%

Who does it

29 or younger0%30%
30 to 5456%41%
55 and older44%30%
−76%

Jobs based in Everglade Township, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 9. 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 Everglade Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 22 minutes from Everglade Township

A year of commuting
165 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Everglade Township22 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

of Everglade Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Everglade Township gets to work
82%Drive alone
13%Carpool
5%Walk

Share of the 60 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Everglade Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMorris: 52% · 13.6 miWillmar: 7% · 64.6 miDarnen Township: 5% · 12.9 miHorton Township: 5% · 17.4 miHancock: 2% · 20.6 miClinton: 2% · 16.6 miWheaton: 2% · 19.9 miDonnelly: 2% · 9.3 miCarver: 2% · 137.6 miBaxter: 2% · 104.2 miMorris 52%Willmar 7%Darnen Township 5%Horton Township 5%Hancock 2%Everglade Township
Everglade TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
75%10–24 mi33 residents
2%25–50 mi1 residents
23%Over 50 mi10 residents

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.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Everglade Township

Pepperton Township: few work hereEldorado Township: few work hereLeonardsville Township: few work hereBaker Township: few work herePepperton TownshipEldorado TownshipLeonardsville TownshipBaker TownshipEverglade Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Eldorado Township16 min
Pepperton Township16 min
Leonardsville Township17 min
Baker Township18 min
Everglade Township22 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownEverglade Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Everglade Township–——22 min$100,938
Pepperton Townshipunder 3%——16 min—
Eldorado Townshipunder 3%——16 min—
Leonardsville Townshipunder 3%——17 min—
Baker Townshipunder 3%——18 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Pepperton Township, Eldorado Township, Leonardsville Township and Baker Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Everglade Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Everglade Township: questions

What is the median household income in Everglade Township?

$100,938 (±$53,517) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Everglade Township?

0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Everglade 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 Everglade Township work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Everglade Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Everglade Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Everglade Township

Everglade Township home →

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.