Bridge No. 4969 · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Green Prairie Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
6% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. There are 152 jobs in Green Prairie Township, against 330 working residents. The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Green Prairie Township and work: the main findings
32% of working residents work in Little Falls
Where Green Prairie Township clocks in
32% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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.
How many people are in Green Prairie Township by day
On a workday 327 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Green Prairie Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Most jobs in Green Prairie Township are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Prairie Township, 2013 → 2023: 190 → 152. 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 Prairie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Green Prairie Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Prairie Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 346 commuters (the 6% 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 distance from Green Prairie Township to work
About 16% 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.
Work next door: 32% of Green Prairie Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Prairie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Prairie Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $74,464 |
| Little Falls | 32% | D | B+ | 20 min | $47,863 |
| Belle Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Ripley Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Darling Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Pike Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Cushing Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Belle Prairie Township, Ripley Township, Darling Township, Pike Creek Township and Cushing Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Little Falls. Darker towns draw more of Green Prairie 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 Prairie Township: questions
What is the median household income in Green Prairie Township?
$74,464 (±$23,433) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Prairie Township?
4.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Prairie Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Prairie Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Falls (32%, 5 mi), St. Cloud (10%, 38 mi), Brainerd (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Green Prairie Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green Prairie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Prairie 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.