Photo: Skvader · CC BY-SA 4.0Making a living in Halstad Township
The average commute takes 26 minutes each way; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26. Hardly any work in Halstad Township itself; outside it, Halstad draws the most (20%, 2 miles). 24% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Halstad Township by day and by night
On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Halstad Township goes to work
Where Halstad Township clocks in
20% of workers
15% of workers
7% 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.
Halstad Township works in goods: 44% of its jobs
34 jobs are based in Halstad Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Halstad Township, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 34. 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 Halstad Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Halstad Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Halstad Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22 commuters (the 24% 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 many miles Halstad Township commutes
About 22% 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.
How Halstad Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Halstad Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halstad Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $95,375 |
| Shelly Township | under 3% | — | — | 48 min | — |
| Anthony Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Hendrum Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Shelly Township, Anthony Township and Hendrum Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Halstad 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 Halstad Township: questions
What is the median household income in Halstad Township?
$95,375 (±$48,854) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Halstad Township?
11.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Halstad Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Halstad Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Halstad (20%, 2 mi), Moorhead (15%, 35 mi), Fargo (7%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Halstad Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Halstad Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Halstad 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.