Browns Valley Carnegie Public Library · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Folsom Township commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
22% of workers work from home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Folsom Township has 24 jobs, and 43 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Folsom Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 88 people are in Folsom Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
21% of working residents work in Browns Valley
Where Folsom Township clocks in
21% of workers
5% 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.
Folsom Township makes things: 88% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Folsom Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 24. 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 Folsom Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Folsom Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 22% 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 Folsom 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work next door: 21% of Folsom Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Folsom Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folsom Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $124,375 |
| Browns Valley | 21% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Arthur Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Browns Valley Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Browns Valley, Arthur Township and Browns Valley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Browns Valley. Darker towns draw more of Folsom 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 Folsom Township: questions
What is the median household income in Folsom Township?
$124,375 (±$47,098) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Folsom Township?
11.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Folsom Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Folsom Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Browns Valley (21%, 3 mi), Wheaton (14%, 19 mi), Graceville (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Folsom 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 Folsom Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Folsom 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.