Home Township has 2.3 jobs for every working resident: 474 people commute in to work
Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers; Minnesota has 18%. 481 jobs are based in Home Township, and 209 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Home Township itself; outside it, New Ulm draws the most (39%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Home Township apart on work
Home Township and New Ulm trade workers both ways
New Ulm is the top workplace for Home Township residents (39%) and also where the most people who work in Home Township come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Home Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
85% of the jobs based in Home Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 61% of the jobs Home Township residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Home Township. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Home Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 69 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 209 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that send workers to Home Township
Where Home Township clocks in
39% of workers
20% 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 Township, 28% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Home Township, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 481. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Home Township, about 14 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Home Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 256 commuters (the 9% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Home Township
On a workday 202 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 770 people are in Home Township on a workday afternoon, 55% more 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.
Home Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Home Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Home Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Township | – | — | — | 14 min | $100,000 |
| Ridgely Township | under 1% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Prairieville Township | under 1% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Milford Township | under 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Stark Township | under 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Eden Township | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ridgely Township, Prairieville Township, Milford Township, Stark Township and Eden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Home 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Home Township?
$100,000 (±$22,011) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Home Township?
1.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Home Township?
14 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Home Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Ulm (39%, 11 mi), Sleepy Eye (20%, 4 mi), Springfield (2%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Home Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Home Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Home 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.