Grace Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 2% work in Grace Township itself; outside it, Montevideo draws the most (31%, 13 miles). There are 22 jobs in Grace Township, and 45 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 19 minutes on average; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Grace Township
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 79 people are in Grace Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 Grace Township goes to work
Where Grace Township clocks in
18% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grace Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 22. 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 Grace Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Grace Township: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grace Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 17% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Grace Township
About 20% 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.
Work in the towns next to Grace Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grace Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $90,893 |
| Cashel Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Louriston Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Mandt Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Havelock Township | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cashel Township, Louriston Township, Mandt Township and Havelock Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grace 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 Grace Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grace Township?
$90,893 (±$21,982) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grace Township?
0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grace Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grace Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montevideo (31%, 13 mi), Willmar (18%, 24 mi), Worthington (4%, 102 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grace Township without a car?
15% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grace Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grace 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.