With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Grass Lake Township works elsewhere
For jobs and income Grass Lake Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Employers in Grass Lake Township report 44 jobs for 379 working residents. Hardly any work in Grass Lake Township; the top destination outside it is Mora (21%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Grass Lake Township apart on work
Grass Lake Township is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Grass Lake Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grass Lake Township has about 680 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Grass Lake Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 146 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 379 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Grass Lake Township’s grade
Household income holds Grass Lake Township’s grade up ($82,188, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Grass Lake Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Grass Lake Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Who commutes out of Grass Lake Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 377 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Grass Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Time on the road from Grass Lake Township: about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grass Lake Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 389 commuters (the 15% 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.
Commuting out of Grass Lake Township: the destinations
Where Grass Lake Township clocks in
21% of workers
11% 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.
In Grass Lake Township, 50% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grass Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 44. 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 Grass Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Grass Lake Township, by distance
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.
In Grass Lake Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grass Lake Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Grass Lake Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 457 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.2% of Grass Lake Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grass Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Grass Lake Township comes 1,524th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 6 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,522 | Foots Creek OR | 1,110 | $74K | 8.5% | 6.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,523 | Volinia Township MI | 1,151 | $79K | 11.8% | 2.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,524 | Grass Lake Township MN | 1,017 | $82K | 10.0% | 2.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,525 | Junius NY | 1,364 | $77K | 13.0% | 2.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,526 | Little Black WI | 1,145 | $69K | 8.1% | 0.4% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Grass Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door to Grass Lake Township
The biggest share goes to Braham (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grass Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Lake Township | – | C+ | D− | 42 min | $82,188 |
| Braham | 2% | C− | B− | 30 min | $59,375 |
| Grasston | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Stanchfield Township | under 2% | B | B | 29 min | $87,917 |
| Brunswick Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 38 min | $92,434 |
| Comfort Township | under 2% | B− | D | 33 min | $91,196 |
| Royalton Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 33 min | $86,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Grasston: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grass Lake 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 Grass Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grass Lake Township?
$82,188 (±$34,740) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grass Lake Township?
10.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grass Lake Township?
42 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grass Lake Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mora (21%, 9 mi), Cambridge (11%, 15 mi), Rush City (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grass Lake Township walkable?
Grass Lake Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grass Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grass Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grass Lake 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.