Everts Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Everts Township has 63 jobs, against 331 working residents. Only 2% work in Everts Township itself; outside it, Fergus Falls draws the most (31%, 18 miles). Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Everts Township
Everts Township is a place people come home to
There are 63 jobs based in Everts Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Everts Township has about 490 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
31% of Everts Township works in Fergus Falls
103 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Fergus Falls, 18 miles away. That’s 16 times as many as work in Everts Township itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 331 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Everts Township on a workday
On a workday 323 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Everts Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 Everts Township goes to work
Where Everts Township clocks in
31% of workers
8% 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.
A place that makes things: 40% of Everts Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Everts Township, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 63. 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 Everts Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Everts Township: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Everts Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 171 commuters (the 21% 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.
Everts Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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.
Everts Township and its neighbors: 14% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Everts Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everts Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $102,933 |
| Battle Lake | 14% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Sverdrup Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Amor Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Clitherall Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Girard Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Battle Lake, Sverdrup Township, Amor Township, Clitherall Township and Girard Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Battle Lake. Darker towns draw more of Everts 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 Everts Township: questions
What is the median household income in Everts Township?
$102,933 (±$4,951) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Everts Township?
1.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Everts Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Everts Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fergus Falls (31%, 18 mi), Battle Lake (14%, 3 mi), Underwood (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Everts 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 Everts Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Everts 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.