Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Glen Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
The trip to work takes 31 minutes on average, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Glen Township report 28 jobs, and 156 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Glen Township; the top destination outside it is Aitkin (11%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Glen Township by day
On a workday 154 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Glen 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 Glen Township goes to work
Where Glen Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workers
3% 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.
What Glen Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glen Township, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 28. 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 Glen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Glen Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glen Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 178 commuters (the 19% 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 Glen Township’s workers travel
About 42% 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.
The towns around Glen Township
The biggest share goes to Malmo Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $64,500 |
| Kimberly Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Nordland Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 23 min | $76,125 |
| Malmo Township | 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Lee Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kimberly Township, Malmo Township and Lee Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glen 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 Glen Township: questions
What is the median household income in Glen Township?
$64,500 (±$10,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glen Township?
5.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glen Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glen Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aitkin (11%, 12 mi), Isle (8%, 22 mi), McGregor (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glen Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen 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.