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Jobs & commute in Germania Township

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Germania Township works elsewhere

Hardly any work in Germania Township; the top destination outside it is Wadena (16%, 16 miles). Employers in Germania Township report 3 jobs for 185 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 31% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of Germania Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 185 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

185live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night560
Workday370
560live here− 190head out to work+ 3come in to work= 370on a workday

About 370 people are in Germania Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Germania Township: the destinations

Bertha: 16 residents work here (9%)Browerville: 4 residents work here (2%)New York Mills: 9 residents work here (5%)Sebeka: 4 residents work here (2%)Long Prairie: 4 residents work here (2%)Staples: 22 residents work here (12%)Wadena: 30 residents work here (16%)Alexandria: 9 residents work here (5%)Burnsville: 4 residents work here (2%)St. Cloud: 5 residents work here (3%)Bartlett TownshipStaples TownshipMoran TownshipBertha TownshipEagle Valley TownshipGermania TownshipOtter Tail TownshipWadenaStaplesBerthaNew York MillsAlexandriaSt. CloudGermania Township
1
Wadena16.5 mi away
16%30
2
Staples11.5 mi away
12%22
3
Bertha5.3 mi away
9%16
4
New York Mills27.7 mi away
5%9
5
Alexandria32 mi away
5%9
6
St. Cloud62 mi away
3%5
7
Browerville11.8 mi away
2%4
8
Sebeka27.7 mi away
2%4
9
Long Prairie18.8 mi away
2%4
10
Burnsville130.3 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%78
The top trips

Where Germania Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Germania Township makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Germania TownshipJobs Germania Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%23%
Trade, transport & utilities0%26%
Services: health, schools, offices0%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%28%
Over $3,333 a month100%56%

Who does it

29 or younger67%23%
30 to 5433%51%
55 and older0%26%
−25%

Jobs based in Germania Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 3. 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 Germania Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota

A year of commuting
245 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Germania Township32 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
31%

of Germania Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
How Germania Township gets to work
65%Drive alone
20%Carpool
1%Transit
7%Walk
8%Other

Share of the 143 commuters (the 31% 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.

How far

How many miles Germania Township commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWadena: 16% · 16.5 miStaples: 12% · 11.5 miBertha: 9% · 5.3 miNew York Mills: 5% · 27.7 miAlexandria: 5% · 32 miSt. Cloud: 3% · 62 miBrowerville: 2% · 11.8 miSebeka: 2% · 27.7 miLong Prairie: 2% · 18.8 miBurnsville: 2% · 130.3 miWadena 16%Staples 12%Bertha 9%New York Mills 5%Alexandria 5%Germania Township
Germania TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
10%Under 10 mi19 residents
40%10–24 mi74 residents
23%25–50 mi42 residents
27%Over 50 mi50 residents

About 27% 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

Work in the towns next to Germania Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Eagle Valley Township22 min
Bartlett Township23 min
Moran Township24 min
Staples Township25 min
Bertha Township31 min
Germania Township32 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownGermania Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Germania Township–——32 min$63,333
Bartlett Townshipunder 3%——23 min—
Bertha Townshipunder 3%——31 min—
Moran Townshipunder 3%——24 min—
Eagle Valley Townshipunder 3%——22 min—
Staples Townshipunder 3%——25 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Bartlett Township, Bertha Township, Moran Township, Eagle Valley Township and Staples Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Germania Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Germania Township: questions

What is the median household income in Germania Township?

$63,333 (±$14,473) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Germania Township?

12.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Germania Township?

32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Germania Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wadena (16%, 16 mi), Staples (12%, 12 mi), Bertha (9%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Germania Township without a car?

1% of commuters take transit and 32% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Germania Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Germania Township

Germania Township home →

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.