Henrietta Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 221 jobs in Henrietta Township; 589 of its residents have a job. Henrietta Township grades C− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 2% work in Henrietta Township; the top destination outside it is Park Rapids (39%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Henrietta Township: the gist
A lot of Henrietta Township works one town over
42% of working residents work in a town that borders Henrietta Township: Park Rapids (39%) and Todd Township (3%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Henrietta Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Minnesota worker. Time on the road ↓
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 589 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Henrietta Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Henrietta Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Henrietta Township’s grade up ($72,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Henrietta 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, Henrietta Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Time on the road from Henrietta Township: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Henrietta Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 501 commuters (the 15% 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 a workday changes Henrietta Township
On a workday 577 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Henrietta 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.
Where people from Henrietta Township work
Where Henrietta Township clocks in
39% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Making and building: 51% of jobs based in Henrietta Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henrietta Township, 2013 → 2023: 173 → 221. 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 Henrietta Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Henrietta Township 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Henrietta Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Henrietta Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 592 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). 2.6% of Henrietta Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Henrietta Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Henrietta Township places 4,527th of 6,161 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,525 | Hallstead PA | 1,167 | $51K | 15.0% | 12.8% | 2% | C− |
| 4,526 | Caldwell Township MI | 1,423 | $54K | 9.0% | 5.8% | 4% | C− |
| 4,527 | Henrietta Township MN | 1,595 | $73K | 15.3% | 4.2% | 2% | C− |
| 4,528 | Corning IA | 1,511 | $65K | 12.4% | 6.0% | 31% | C− |
| 4,529 | Sublette KS | 1,343 | $66K | 13.2% | 3.7% | 16% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Henrietta Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door is work for 42% of Henrietta Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Henrietta Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henrietta Township | – | C− | B | 16 min | $72,500 |
| Lake Emma Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Nevis Township | under 2% | C | B− | 24 min | $69,500 |
| Park Rapids | 39% | D− | A− | 26 min | $44,747 |
| Hubbard Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Todd Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 18 min | $86,842 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Emma Township: not graded. Hubbard Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Park Rapids. Darker towns draw more of Henrietta 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 Henrietta Township: questions
What is the median household income in Henrietta Township?
$72,500 (±$13,551) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henrietta Township?
15.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henrietta Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henrietta Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Park Rapids (39%, 5 mi), Fargo (4%, 88 mi), Detroit Lakes (3%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Henrietta Township walkable?
Henrietta Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Henrietta Township without a car?
2% 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 Henrietta Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Henrietta 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.