Church of St. Peter-Catholic · Photo: SH5544 · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Gentilly Township
Home is the office for 10% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Only 3% work in Gentilly Township itself; outside it, Fertile draws the most (26%, 20 miles). The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, 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
A workday in Gentilly Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Gentilly Township commutes to
Where Gentilly Township clocks in
26% of workers
25% 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.
Inside Gentilly Township’s 98 jobs
98 jobs are based in Gentilly Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gentilly Township, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 98. 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 Gentilly Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Gentilly Township, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gentilly Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 104 commuters (the 10% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Gentilly 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.
Next door to Gentilly Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gentilly Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentilly Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $89,375 |
| Crookston Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Lake Pleasant Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Kertsonville Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Louisville Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Crookston Township, Lake Pleasant Township, Kertsonville Township and Louisville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gentilly 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 Gentilly Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gentilly Township?
$89,375 (±$15,889) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gentilly Township?
6.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gentilly Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gentilly Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fertile (26%, 20 mi), Crookston (25%, 9 mi), Thief River Falls (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gentilly 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 Gentilly Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gentilly 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.