Photo: Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Jenkins Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For 10% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Employers in Jenkins Township report 28 jobs, against 145 working residents. Hardly any stay in Jenkins Township for work; outside it, Crosslake is the main destination (12%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jenkins Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 144 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Jenkins Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Jenkins Township work
Where Jenkins Township clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 43% of work in Jenkins Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jenkins Township, 2014 → 2024: 49 → 28. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jenkins Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Jenkins Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jenkins Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 228 commuters (the 10% 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 distance from Jenkins Township to work
About 32% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around Jenkins Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Jenkins (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jenkins Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $105,625 |
| Jenkins | 7% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Ideal Township | under 4% | B | C | 25 min | $108,355 |
| Wilson Township | under 4% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Gail Lake Township | under 4% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jenkins, Wilson Township and Gail Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jenkins 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 2024, 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 Jenkins Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jenkins Township?
$105,625 (±$37,989) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jenkins Township?
5.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jenkins Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jenkins Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crosslake (12%, 11 mi), Jenkins (7%, 2 mi), Pequot Lakes (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Jenkins 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 Jenkins Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jenkins Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.