Most of Farden Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Farden Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Farden Township has 184 jobs, against 544 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Farden Township at work: what stands out
How Farden Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Farden Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Farden Township’s grade up (7.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.6%) is left out: Farden Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Farden Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
44% of working residents work in Bemidji
Where Farden Township clocks in
44% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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 workday in Farden Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 532 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Farden 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.
Farden Township makes things: 70% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farden Township, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 184. 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 Farden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from Farden Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Farden Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 464 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.
Where in the region Farden Township works
About 15% 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.
In Farden Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Farden Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Farden Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 509 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.5% of Farden Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Farden Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Farden Township ranks 2,121st of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,119 | New Salem MA | 1,028 | $80K | 9.7% | 1.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,120 | Stambaugh Township MI | 1,212 | $71K | 5.9% | 0.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,121 | Farden Township MN | 1,186 | $72K | 7.9% | 4.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,122 | Foots Creek OR | 1,110 | $74K | 8.5% | 6.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,123 | Volinia Township MI | 1,151 | $79K | 11.8% | 2.0% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Farden Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Farden Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Pike Bay Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Farden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farden Township | – | C+ | D− | 20 min | $72,328 |
| Hart Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Frohn Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 24 min | $90,156 |
| Helga Township | under 2% | B | D | 24 min | $98,500 |
| Pike Bay Township | 3% | C− | C+ | 21 min | $72,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hart Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Farden 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 Farden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Farden Township?
$72,328 (±$7,014) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Farden Township?
7.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Farden Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Farden Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bemidji (44%, 10 mi), Cass Lake (7%, 7 mi), Pike Bay Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Farden Township walkable?
Farden Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Farden 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 Farden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farden 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.