Higdem Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 15 jobs in Higdem Township, and 40 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Higdem Township; the top destination outside it is Grand Forks (35%, 16 miles). Home is the office for 10% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Higdem Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 53 people are in Higdem Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 Higdem Township goes to work
Where Higdem Township clocks in
35% of workers
15% 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: 93% of jobs based in Higdem Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Higdem Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 15. 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 Higdem Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes each way for Higdem Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Higdem Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 11% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Higdem Township
About 18% 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.
Around Higdem Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Higdem Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higdem Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $90,000 |
| Esther Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Oak Park Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Sandsville Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Esther Township, Oak Park Township and Sandsville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Higdem 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 26% of Higdem Township workers work outside Minnesota. The job records count 40% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Higdem Township: questions
What is the median household income in Higdem Township?
$90,000 (±$51,419) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Higdem Township?
0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Higdem Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Higdem Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Forks (35%, 16 mi), Crookston (15%, 34 mi), Thief River Falls (8%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Higdem 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 Higdem Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Higdem 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.