Grand Plain Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Grand Plain Township; the top destination outside it is Thief River Falls (29%, 15 miles). Grand Plain Township has 2 jobs for 28 working residents. For 3% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Grand Plain Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 30 people are in Grand Plain Township on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 Grand Plain Township goes to work
Where Grand Plain Township clocks in
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Grand Plain Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Grand Plain Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Grand Plain Township: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grand Plain Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29 commuters (the 3% 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.
Grand Plain Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 36% 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.
How Grand Plain Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grand Plain Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Plain Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $113,333 |
| Agder Township | under 4% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Moylan Township | under 4% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Cloverleaf Township | under 4% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Agder Township, Moylan Township and Cloverleaf Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grand Plain 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 Grand Plain Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grand Plain Township?
$113,333 (±$38,786) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grand Plain Township?
0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grand Plain Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grand Plain Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thief River Falls (29%, 15 mi), Bemidji (7%, 70 mi), Comstock Township (7%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grand Plain Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grand Plain Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grand Plain 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.