With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Forest Prairie Township works elsewhere
Employers in Forest Prairie Township report 43 jobs for 503 working residents. The two grades for Forest Prairie Township are B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Forest Prairie Township: the figures worth knowing
Forest Prairie Township is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Forest Prairie Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Forest Prairie Township has about 540 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Forest Prairie Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (25 to 29 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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 503 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Forest Prairie Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Forest Prairie Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Forest Prairie Township’s grade up (3.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Forest Prairie 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, Forest Prairie Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
Who commutes out of Forest Prairie Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 501 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Forest Prairie Township on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
Getting to work from Forest Prairie Township takes about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Forest Prairie Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 502 commuters (the 6% 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.
18% of working residents work in Litchfield
Where Forest Prairie Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
In Forest Prairie Township, 51% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Forest Prairie Township, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 43. 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 Forest Prairie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Forest Prairie Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
Forest Prairie Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Forest Prairie Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 532 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). 1.5% of Forest Prairie Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Forest Prairie Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Forest Prairie Township is 431st among 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 429 | Greenwood Township PA | 1,057 | $90K | 2.9% | 1.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 430 | North DeLand FL | 1,102 | $67K | 4.3% | 4.1% | <1% | B+ |
| 431 | Forest Prairie Township MN | 1,002 | $108K | 3.7% | 3.1% | <1% | B+ |
| 432 | Logan IA | 1,352 | $85K | 4.6% | 1.1% | 16% | B+ |
| 433 | Leetsdale PA | 1,102 | $66K | 5.7% | 4.8% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Forest Prairie Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work in the towns next to Forest Prairie Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Forest Prairie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Prairie Township | – | B+ | C+ | 38 min | $107,981 |
| Manannah Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Luxemburg Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Maine Prairie Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $100,313 |
| Forest City Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Kingston Township | under 2% | B | C | 29 min | $84,861 |
Same-state neighbors only. Manannah Township, Luxemburg Township and Forest City Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Forest Prairie 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 Forest Prairie Township: questions
What is the median household income in Forest Prairie Township?
$107,981 (±$11,758) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Forest Prairie Township?
3.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Forest Prairie Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Forest Prairie Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Litchfield (18%, 12 mi), Hutchinson (8%, 27 mi), St. Cloud (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Forest Prairie Township walkable?
Forest Prairie Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Forest Prairie Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Forest Prairie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Forest Prairie 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.