Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Kerrick Township works elsewhere
For 12% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. There are 48 jobs in Kerrick Township, against 124 working residents. Only 2% stay in Kerrick Township for work; outside it, Moose Lake is the main destination (19%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Kerrick Township
On a workday 122 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Kerrick Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Commuting out of Kerrick Township: the destinations
Where Kerrick Township clocks in
19% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
What Kerrick Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kerrick Township, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 48. 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 Kerrick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Kerrick Township: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kerrick Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 commuters (the 12% 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.
Half of Kerrick Township commutes less than 31 miles
About 34% 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.
Kerrick Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kerrick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerrick Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $75,417 |
| Nickerson Township | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Kerrick | 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Bruno Township | under 2% | — | — | 50 min | — |
| Windemere Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 26 min | $85,982 |
Same-state neighbors only. Nickerson Township, Kerrick and Bruno Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Kerrick. Darker towns draw more of Kerrick 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 Kerrick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kerrick Township?
$75,417 (±$15,078) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kerrick Township?
4.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kerrick Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kerrick Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moose Lake (19%, 8 mi), Duluth (10%, 36 mi), Hinckley (6%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kerrick 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 Kerrick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kerrick 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.