Bemidji draws more than half of Jones Township’s working residents
The average commute takes 24 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 32% of workers; Minnesota has 18%. Hardly any stay in Jones Township for work; outside it, Bemidji is the main destination (52%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jones Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 126 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Jones Township on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Jones Township work
Where Jones Township clocks in
52% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
16 jobs are based in Jones Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jones Township, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 16. 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 Jones Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Jones Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jones Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 commuters (the 32% 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 Jones 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.
How Jones Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jones Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $86,875 |
| Lammers Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Grant Valley Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 18 min | $80,109 |
| Moose Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Fern Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Rockwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lammers Township, Moose Creek Township, Fern Township and Rockwood Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jones 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 Jones Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jones Township?
$86,875 (±$39,464) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jones Township?
7.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jones Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jones Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Jones Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jones Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jones 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.