A job hub: Hantho Township has 3.1 jobs per working resident, and 148 people come in to work
Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average; the Minnesota average is 23, the U.S. 26. Hantho Township has 152 jobs, against 49 working residents. About one in ten work in Hantho Township itself; outside it, Madison draws the most (35%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hantho Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 45 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.
About 200 people are in Hantho Township on a workday afternoon, 107% 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.
Who travels to work in Hantho Township, and from where
Where Hantho Township clocks in
35% 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.
In Hantho Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hantho Township, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 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 Hantho Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Hantho Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hantho Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 17% 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.
Where in the region Hantho Township works
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.
How Hantho Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hantho Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hantho Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $84,250 |
| Kragero Township | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Appleton Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Cerro Gordo Township | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Lake Shore Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Lac qui Parle Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kragero Township, Appleton Township, Cerro Gordo Township, Lake Shore Township and Lac qui Parle Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hantho 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 Hantho Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hantho Township?
$84,250 (±$30,014) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hantho Township?
5.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hantho Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hantho Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (35%, 9 mi), Montevideo (10%, 20 mi), Dawson (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hantho 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 Hantho Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hantho 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.