With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Home Brook Township works elsewhere
At home: 8% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%). Home Brook Township has 34 jobs for 121 working residents. Hardly any work in Home Brook Township; the top destination outside it is Nisswa (12%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Home Brook Township on a workday
On a workday 121 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Home Brook Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Commuting out of Home Brook Township: the destinations
Where Home Brook 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.
In Home Brook Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Home Brook Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 34. 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 Home Brook Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Home Brook Township: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Home Brook Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 commuters (the 8% 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.
Half of Home Brook Township commutes less than 16 miles
About 26% 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.
The towns around Home Brook Township
The biggest share goes to Lake Shore (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Home Brook Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Brook Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $56,250 |
| Lake Shore | 3% | B | C | 22 min | $96,563 |
| Fairview Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Meadow Brook Township | under 3% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Maple Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairview Township: not graded. Meadow Brook Township and Maple Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Home Brook 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 Home Brook Township: questions
What is the median household income in Home Brook Township?
$56,250 (±$22,619) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Home Brook Township?
11.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Home Brook Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Home Brook Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nisswa (12%, 8 mi), Brainerd (12%, 16 mi), Baxter (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Home Brook Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Home Brook Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Home Brook 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.