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Jobs & commute in Grattan Township

There are 2.6 jobs in Grattan Township for every working resident, and 51 people commute in

52 jobs are based in Grattan Township for 20 working residents. Only 5% work in Grattan Township; the top destination outside it is Bigfork (15%, 20 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Grattan Township nearly doubles on a workday

On a workday 19 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.

19live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
51work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night45
Workday77
45live here− 19head out to work+ 51come in to work= 77on a workday

About 77 people are in Grattan Township on a workday afternoon, 71% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.60jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.

The commute map

Who travels to work in Grattan Township, and from where

Cass LakeNorthomeBigfork: 6 workers live here (12%)BlackduckEffie: 1 workers live here (2%)Stillwater: 1 workers live here (2%)BemidjiGrand Rapids: 3 workers live here (6%)HermantownCohassetPlymouthDuluthBigfork Township: 2 workers live here (4%)Stokes Township: 3 workers live here (6%)Alaska Township: 2 workers live here (4%)Kinghurst Township: 2 workers live here (4%)Harris Township: 2 workers live here (4%)Pomroy TownshipGrattan TownshipArdenhurst TownshipBowstring Township: 2 workers live here (4%)BigforkGrand RapidsStokes TownshipBigfork TownshipAlaska TownshipKinghurst TownshipGrattan Township
1
Bigfork20.4 mi away
12%6
2
Grand Rapids45.6 mi away
6%3
3
Stokes Township20.8 mi away
6%3
4
Bigfork Township17.2 mi away
4%2
5
Alaska Township44.4 mi away
4%2
64%2
7
Harris Township50.8 mi away
4%2
8
Bowstring Township19.8 mi away
4%2
9
Effie21.4 mi away
2%1
10
Stillwater197.5 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%28
The top trips

Where Grattan Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Grattan Township makes things: 54% of its jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Grattan TownshipJobs Grattan Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms54%5%
Trade, transport & utilities46%25%
Services: health, schools, offices0%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less4%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%35%
Over $3,333 a month81%50%

Who does it

29 or younger15%30%
30 to 5448%40%
55 and older37%30%
+4%

Jobs based in Grattan Township, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 52. 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 Grattan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes to work from Grattan Township

A year of commuting
205 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Grattan Township27 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Grattan Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Grattan Township gets to work
79%Drive alone
21%Carpool

Share of the 24 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Miles to work from Grattan Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBigfork: 15% · 20.4 miGrand Rapids: 10% · 45.6 miCohasset: 10% · 42.3 miCass Lake: 5% · 36.5 miNorthome: 5% · 10.5 miBlackduck: 5% · 22 miBemidji: 5% · 42.1 miHermantown: 5% · 109.7 miPlymouth: 5% · 193 miDuluth: 5% · 115.1 miBigfork 15%Grand Rapids 10%Cohasset 10%Cass Lake 5%Northome 5%Grattan Township
Grattan TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
10%Under 10 mi2 residents
35%10–24 mi7 residents
30%25–50 mi6 residents
25%Over 50 mi5 residents

About 25% 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.

Next door

Next door to Grattan Township

Ardenhurst Township: few work hereKinghurst Township: few work herePomroy Township: few work hereArdenhurst TownshipKinghurst TownshipPomroy TownshipGrattan Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Grattan Township27 min
Ardenhurst Township38 min
Kinghurst Township54 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownGrattan Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Grattan Township–——27 min$101,875
Ardenhurst Townshipunder 5%——38 min—
Kinghurst Townshipunder 5%——54 min—
Pomroy Townshipunder 5%————

Same-state neighbors only. Ardenhurst Township, Kinghurst Township and Pomroy Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Grattan Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Grattan Township: questions

What is the median household income in Grattan Township?

$101,875 (±$41,079) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Grattan Township?

0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Grattan Township?

27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Grattan Township work?

5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bigfork (15%, 20 mi), Grand Rapids (10%, 46 mi), Cohasset (10%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Grattan 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 Grattan Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Grattan Township

Grattan Township home →

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.