Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Garnes Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any stay in Garnes Township for work; outside it, Thief River Falls is the main destination (35%, 19 miles). Employers in Garnes Township report 2 jobs for 83 working residents. Home is the office for 7% of workers; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Garnes Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Garnes Township on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 people from Garnes Township work
Where Garnes Township clocks in
10% 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.
Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Garnes Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garnes Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 2. 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 Garnes Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Garnes Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Garnes Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 101 commuters (the 7% 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.
The commute from Garnes Township, by distance
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.
Garnes Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Garnes Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnes Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $133,333 |
| Emardville Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Equality Township | under 3% | — | — | 52 min | — |
| Lambert Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Mayfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Wyandotte Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Emardville Township, Equality Township, Lambert Township, Mayfield Township and Wyandotte Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Garnes 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 Garnes Township: questions
What is the median household income in Garnes Township?
$133,333 (±$26,198) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garnes Township?
3.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Garnes Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Garnes Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thief River Falls (35%, 19 mi), Oklee (10%, 5 mi), Red Lake Falls (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Garnes 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 Garnes Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garnes 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.