Great Bend Township has 2.1 jobs for every working resident: 309 people commute in to work
Only 8% stay in Great Bend Township for work; outside it, Windom is the main destination (39%, 4 miles). There are 321 jobs in Great Bend Township, and 152 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 16 minutes on average, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Great Bend Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 140 residents head out to work and 12 work right here.
About 480 people are in Great Bend Township on a workday afternoon, 55% more 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.
The towns that send workers to Great Bend Township
Where Great Bend Township clocks in
39% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Great Bend Township, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 321. 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 Great Bend Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Great Bend Township spends getting to work: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Great Bend Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 142 commuters (the 13% 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 commute from Great Bend Township, by distance
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 is work for 42% of Great Bend Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Great Bend Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Bend Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $68,750 |
| Windom | 39% | C+ | B+ | 13 min | $74,899 |
| Delafield Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Lakeside Township | 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Dale Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 12 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Delafield Township, Lakeside Township, Dale Township and Springfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Windom. Darker towns draw more of Great Bend 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 Great Bend Township: questions
What is the median household income in Great Bend Township?
$68,750 (±$18,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Great Bend Township?
7.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Great Bend Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Great Bend Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Windom (39%, 4 mi), Mountain Lake Township (3%, 14 mi), Jackson (3%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Great Bend 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 Great Bend Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Great Bend 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.