Most of Jo Daviess Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 7% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. There are 21 jobs in Jo Daviess Township; 91 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Jo Daviess Township by day
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Jo Daviess 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.
37% of working residents work in Blue Earth
Where Jo Daviess Township clocks in
5% of workers
4% 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.
A place that makes things: 33% of Jo Daviess Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jo Daviess Township, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 21. 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 Jo Daviess Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Jo Daviess Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jo Daviess Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 127 commuters (the 7% 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.
How many miles Jo Daviess Township commutes
About 30% 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.
Work next door: 37% of Jo Daviess Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jo Daviess Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jo Daviess Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $97,813 |
| Blue Earth City Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Pilot Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Pleasant Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Verona Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Blue Earth | 37% | C+ | A | 13 min | $66,771 |
Same-state neighbors only. Blue Earth City Township, Pilot Grove Township, Pleasant Prairie Township and Verona Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Blue Earth. Darker towns draw more of Jo Daviess 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 Jo Daviess Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jo Daviess Township?
$97,813 (±$32,740) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jo Daviess Township?
5.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jo Daviess Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jo Daviess Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blue Earth (37%, 4 mi), Fairmont (5%, 14 mi), Mankato (4%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jo Daviess Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jo Daviess Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jo Daviess 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.