Hawk Creek Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. 6 jobs are based in Hawk Creek Township for 83 working residents. Hardly any work in Hawk Creek Township itself; outside it, Granite Falls draws the most (12%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Hawk Creek Township by day
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Hawk Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Hawk Creek Township ends
Where Hawk Creek Township clocks in
12% of workers
12% 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.
Goods jobs make up 33% of work in Hawk Creek Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hawk Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 14 → 6. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hawk Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hawk Creek Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 commuters (the 0% 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 far Hawk Creek Township goes to work
About 24% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Hawk Creek Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hawk Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawk Creek Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $63,750 |
| Sioux Agency Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Sacred Heart Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Wang Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Granite Falls Township | under 3% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Minnesota Falls Township | under 3% | — | — | 13 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sioux Agency Township, Sacred Heart Township, Wang Township, Granite Falls Township and Minnesota Falls Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hawk Creek 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 2024, 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 Hawk Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hawk Creek Township?
$63,750 (±$35,502) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hawk Creek Township?
3.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hawk Creek Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hawk Creek Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Granite Falls (12%, 7 mi), Willmar (12%, 30 mi), Olivia (10%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hawk Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hawk Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hawk Creek Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.