Bridge No. 3355-Kathio Township · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Kathio Township draws 1,459 commuters a day, with 3.1 jobs for every working resident
For 10% of workers, the job is at home (Minnesota 18%). 1,687 jobs are based in Kathio Township for 541 working residents. Kathio Township grades D for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Kathio Township in brief
Kathio Township has far more jobs than workers
Kathio Township has 1,687 jobs, 3.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,700 people are in town, 73% more than the 1,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Kathio Township is services
100% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 0% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
The biggest group of Kathio Township’s workers comes from Brainerd
97 of the people who work in Kathio Township live in Brainerd, 26 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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 541 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Kathio Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Kathio Township’s grade up ($62,692, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (25.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (15.8%) is left out: Kathio Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Kathio Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
A workday in Kathio Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 313 residents head out to work and 228 work right here.
About 2,700 people are in Kathio Township on a workday afternoon, 73% 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.
In Kathio Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kathio Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,138 → 1,687. 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 Kathio Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Kathio Township live
Where Kathio Township clocks in
11% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
Kathio Township’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kathio Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 380 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 commute from Kathio Township, by distance
About 26% 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.
The commute in Kathio Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kathio Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Kathio Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 421 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.3% of Kathio Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kathio Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Kathio Township is 4,782nd of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,780 | Big Sandy TX | 1,339 | $41K | 29.4% | 15.1% | 7% | D |
| 4,781 | Twisp WA | 1,126 | $60K | 13.3% | 9.9% | 15% | D |
| 4,782 | Kathio Township MN | 1,568 | $63K | 25.1% | 15.8% | 42% | D |
| 4,783 | Keystone CO | 1,274 | $52K | 26.3% | 1.7% | 22% | D |
| 4,784 | Auburn KY | 1,742 | $54K | 19.9% | 11.4% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Kathio Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around Kathio Township
The biggest share goes to South Harbor Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kathio Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathio Township | – | D | C+ | 19 min | $62,692 |
| Roosevelt Township | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| South Harbor Township | 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Richardson Township | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Bradbury Township | under 1% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Hazelton Township | under 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Roosevelt Township, South Harbor Township, Richardson Township, Bradbury Township and Hazelton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kathio 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 Kathio Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kathio Township?
$62,692 (±$11,008) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kathio Township?
25.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kathio Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kathio Township work?
42% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Onamia (11%, 8 mi), Onamia Township (3%, 12 mi), Minneapolis (2%, 87 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kathio Township walkable?
Kathio Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kathio Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kathio Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kathio 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.