Friendship Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Friendship Township has 19 jobs for 83 working residents. Only 1% work in Friendship Township; the top destination outside it is Marshall (20%, 21 miles). Working residents average 22 minutes each way, about the same as across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Friendship Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 82 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Friendship 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 Friendship Township goes to work
Where Friendship Township clocks in
20% 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.
100% of the jobs in Friendship Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Friendship Township, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 19. 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 Friendship Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, about the MN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Friendship Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 15% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Friendship Township
About 18% 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 in the towns next to Friendship Township
The biggest share goes to Clarkfield (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Friendship Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $85,000 |
| Tyro Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Clarkfield | 7% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Hazel Run Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Lisbon Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Normania Township | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tyro Township, Clarkfield, Hazel Run Township, Lisbon Township and Normania Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Friendship 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 Friendship Township: questions
What is the median household income in Friendship Township?
$85,000 (±$40,492) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Friendship Township?
14.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Friendship Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Friendship Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (20%, 21 mi), Canby (13%, 24 mi), Montevideo (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Friendship Township without a car?
0% 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 Friendship Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Friendship 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.