Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Thief River Falls draws about half of Holt Township’s working residents
2 jobs are based in Holt Township, against 54 working residents. Hardly any stay in Holt Township for work; outside it, Thief River Falls is the main destination (46%, 15 miles). The trip to work takes 43 minutes on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Holt Township by day and by night
On a workday 54 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 65 people are in Holt Township on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
0.04 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Holt Township goes to work
Where Holt Township clocks in
6% 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.
100% of the jobs in Holt Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holt Township, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 2. 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 Holt Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Holt Township spends getting to work: about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holt Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43 commuters (the 14% 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 Holt Township works
About 19% 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 Holt Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Spruce Valley Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holt Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holt Township | – | — | — | 43 min | $54,643 |
| New Folden Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Excel Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Holt | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Spruce Valley Township | 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| East Valley Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. New Folden Township, Excel Township, Holt, Spruce Valley Township and East Valley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Holt 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 Holt Township: questions
What is the median household income in Holt Township?
$54,643 (±$16,927) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holt Township?
1.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holt Township?
43 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holt Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Holt 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 Holt Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holt 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.