Duluth draws more than half of Gnesen Township’s working residents
Only 1% stay in Gnesen Township for work; outside it, Duluth is the main destination (55%, 17 miles). Gnesen Township grades B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Gnesen Township is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Gnesen Township, in a few figures
More than half of Gnesen Township works in Duluth
457 working residents, 55%, have their main job in Duluth, 17 miles away. That’s 55 times as many as work in Gnesen Township itself. The commute map ↓
Gnesen Township is a place people come home to
There are 140 jobs based in Gnesen Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gnesen Township has about 1,200 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 831 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Gnesen Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gnesen Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Gnesen Township’s grade up ($112,700, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gnesen Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where people from Gnesen Township work
Where Gnesen Township clocks in
55% of workers
6% 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.
Gnesen Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 822 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Gnesen Township on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.17 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Gnesen Township makes things: 34% of its jobs are in goods
140 jobs are based in Gnesen Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gnesen Township, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 140. 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 Gnesen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Gnesen Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gnesen Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 836 commuters (the 16% 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 distance from Gnesen Township to work
About 16% 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.
Driving is how Gnesen Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gnesen Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,001 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.0% of Gnesen Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gnesen Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,703rd of 5,234: where Gnesen Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Stillwater Township MN | 1,831 | $162K | 3.4% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Baytown Township MN | 2,232 | $188K | 2.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,701 | Harriman NY | 2,596 | $83K | 8.3% | 5.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,702 | Jackson Township IN | 1,844 | $67K | 4.4% | 2.4% | <1% | B |
| 1,703 | Gnesen Township MN | 1,940 | $113K | 7.0% | 5.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,704 | LeBoeuf Township PA | 1,653 | $92K | 7.1% | 1.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,705 | Greene Township PA | 2,264 | $104K | 9.1% | 4.8% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Gnesen Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Gnesen Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Rice Lake (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gnesen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gnesen Township | – | B | C− | 27 min | $112,700 |
| Rice Lake | 5% | A− | C+ | 22 min | $89,663 |
| North Star Township | under 1% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Fredenberg Township | under 1% | A | C− | 32 min | $125,398 |
| Normanna Township | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Star Township and Normanna Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gnesen 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 Gnesen Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gnesen Township?
$112,700 (±$21,277) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gnesen Township?
7.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gnesen Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gnesen Township work?
1% work in town.
Is Gnesen Township walkable?
Gnesen Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gnesen Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gnesen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gnesen 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.