Garden Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 6% of workers; Minnesota has 18%. Garden Township has 10 jobs for 74 working residents. Hardly any work in Garden Township; the top destination outside it is Thief River Falls (15%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Garden Township
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Garden Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 the trip to work from Garden Township ends
Where Garden Township clocks in
12% 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.
Garden Township makes things: 60% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garden Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 10. 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 Garden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, about the MN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Garden Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 104 commuters (the 5% 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 Garden Township works
About 23% 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.
Garden Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Garden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $98,125 |
| Woodside Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Bear Park Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Garfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Winger Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodside Township, Bear Park Township, Garfield Township and Winger Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Garden 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 Garden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Garden Township?
$98,125 (±$17,287) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garden Township?
3.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Garden Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Garden Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thief River Falls (15%, 40 mi), Crookston (12%, 28 mi), McIntosh (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Garden 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 Garden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garden 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.