Graham Lakes Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Graham Lakes Township; the top destination outside it is Worthington (43%, 13 miles). There are 11 jobs in Graham Lakes Township, against 90 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Graham Lakes Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 96 people are in Graham Lakes Township on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Graham Lakes Township work
Where Graham Lakes Township clocks in
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.
Services make up most of the work in Graham Lakes Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Graham Lakes Township, 2014 → 2024: 12 → 11. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Graham Lakes Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Graham Lakes Township: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Graham Lakes Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 98 commuters (the 8% 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 Graham Lakes Township to work
About 28% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Graham Lakes Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Graham Lakes Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Lakes Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $87,813 |
| Hersey Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Seward Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| La Crosse Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Dundee | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hersey Township, Seward Township, La Crosse Township and Dundee: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Graham Lakes 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 2024, 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 Graham Lakes Township: questions
What is the median household income in Graham Lakes Township?
$87,813 (±$28,510) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Graham Lakes Township?
3.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Graham Lakes Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Graham Lakes Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Worthington (43%, 13 mi), Bloom Township (7%, 11 mi), Windom (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Graham Lakes Township without a car?
0% 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 Graham Lakes Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Graham Lakes Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.