With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Hope Township works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26. Hope Township has 55 jobs, against 100 working residents. Poverty touches 1.2% of residents, against 9.3% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Hope Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 99 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Hope Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
22% of working residents work in Tyler
Where Hope Township clocks in
22% of workers
13% 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 Hope Township, 35% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hope Township, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 55. 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 Hope Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Hope Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hope Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 74 commuters (the 18% 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 Hope Township
About 21% 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.
Bordering towns draw 22% of Hope Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hope Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $130,625 |
| Tyler | 22% | C− | C+ | 23 min | $65,500 |
| Shelburne Township | under 1% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Lake Benton Township | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Marshfield Township | under 1% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Aetna Township | under 1% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Fountain Prairie Township | under 1% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Shelburne Township, Lake Benton Township, Marshfield Township, Aetna Township and Fountain Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tyler. Darker towns draw more of Hope 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 Hope Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hope Township?
$130,625 (±$42,283) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hope Township?
1.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hope Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hope Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tyler (22%, 3 mi), Marshall (13%, 23 mi), Brookings (12%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hope 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 Hope Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hope 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.