For about half of its working residents, Green Lake Township is a commute to Willmar
Only 2% work in Green Lake Township itself; outside it, Willmar draws the most (45%, 8 miles). Green Lake Township grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Green Lake Township, in brief
Nearly half of Green Lake Township works in Willmar
337 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Willmar, 7.6 miles away. That’s 23 times as many as work in Green Lake Township itself. The commute map ↓
Green Lake Township is a place people come home to
There are 214 jobs based in Green Lake Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Green Lake Township has about 1,100 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Green Lake Township residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 747 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Green Lake Township
On income, poverty and job access, Green Lake Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Green Lake Township’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.9%) is left out: Green Lake Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Green Lake Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
Out of Green Lake Township to work: where people go
Where Green Lake Township clocks in
45% of workers
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.
A workday in Green Lake Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 731 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Green Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.29 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
How many miles Green Lake Township commutes
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.
Goods jobs make up 37% of work in Green Lake Township
214 jobs are based in Green Lake Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 200 → 214. 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 Green Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 15 minutes in Green Lake Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Lake Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 606 commuters (the 14% 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.
Green Lake Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Green Lake Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Green 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 705 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). 1.0% of Green Lake Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Green Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Green Lake Township comes 841st 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 9 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 839 | Reese MI | 1,265 | $82K | 2.6% | 11.3% | 4% | A− |
| 840 | East Galena Township IL | 1,228 | $103K | 2.8% | 4.5% | 4% | A− |
| 841 | Green Lake Township MN | 1,622 | $108K | 2.6% | 1.9% | 2% | A− |
| 842 | Adams Township OH | 1,209 | $107K | 4.0% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| 843 | Elk Township PA | 1,723 | $115K | 5.1% | 2.1% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Green Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door to Green Lake Township
The biggest share goes to Spicer (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Lake Township | – | A− | C | 15 min | $107,857 |
| Spicer | 4% | B− | B+ | 16 min | $77,969 |
| New London Township | 1% | B+ | C− | 23 min | $105,417 |
| Dovre Township | under 2% | A | D | 19 min | $128,906 |
| Kandiyohi Township | 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kandiyohi Township and Harrison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Green 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 Green Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Green Lake Township?
$107,857 (±$18,062) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Lake Township?
2.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Lake Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Lake Township work?
2% work in town.
Is Green Lake Township walkable?
Green Lake Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green 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 Green Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green 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.