Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5Hinckley Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For 11% of workers, the job is at home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. There are 80 jobs in Hinckley Township, against 301 working residents. Hardly any work in Hinckley Township; the top destination outside it is Hinckley (22%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hinckley Township: the figures worth knowing
Hinckley Township is a place people come home to
There are 80 jobs based in Hinckley Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hinckley Township has about 540 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 301 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Hinckley Township by day
On a workday 298 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Hinckley Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hinckley Township
About 34% 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.
Where Hinckley Township goes to work
Where Hinckley Township clocks in
22% of workers
6% 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.
What Hinckley Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hinckley Township, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 80. 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 Hinckley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way for Hinckley Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hinckley Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 291 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.
Next door is work for 24% of Hinckley Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hinckley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinckley Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $63,125 |
| Hinckley | 22% | D | B+ | 24 min | $50,714 |
| Barry Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Pomroy Township | under 2% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Mission Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Dell Grove Township | 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Brook Park Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Barry Township, Pomroy Township, Mission Creek Township, Dell Grove Township and Brook Park Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hinckley. Darker towns draw more of Hinckley 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 Hinckley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hinckley Township?
$63,125 (±$16,179) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hinckley Township?
13.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hinckley Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hinckley Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hinckley (22%, 5 mi), Pine City (9%, 13 mi), Mora (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hinckley 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 Hinckley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hinckley 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.