Knife Lake Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
79 jobs are based in Knife Lake Township; 533 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Knife Lake Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (C−). Home is the office for 9% of workers; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Knife Lake Township: the figures worth knowing
Knife Lake Township is a place people come home to
There are 79 jobs based in Knife Lake Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Knife Lake Township has about 810 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Knife Lake Township and Mora trade workers both ways
Mora is the top workplace for Knife Lake Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Knife Lake Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Knife Lake Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 533 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Knife Lake Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income holds Knife Lake Township’s grade up ($100,568, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Knife Lake 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, Knife Lake Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
In and out of Knife Lake Township on a workday
On a workday 529 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Knife Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
19% of working residents work in Mora
Where Knife Lake Township clocks in
19% of workers
4% 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.
A commute of about 34 minutes in Knife Lake Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Knife Lake Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 615 commuters (the 9% 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.
What Knife Lake Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Knife Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 79. 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 Knife Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Knife Lake Township goes to work
About 35% 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 Knife Lake Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 679 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). 1.2% of Knife Lake Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Knife Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Knife Lake Township is 1,635th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,633 | Persifer Township IL | 1,051 | $74K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 1% | B− |
| 1,634 | Lincoln Township KS | 1,268 | $75K | 4.0% | 9.6% | 4% | B− |
| 1,635 | Knife Lake Township MN | 1,268 | $101K | 7.6% | 2.7% | 1% | B− |
| 1,636 | Martinsburg NY | 1,318 | $85K | 5.2% | 1.8% | 3% | B− |
| 1,637 | Crane Township OH | 1,248 | $76K | 9.1% | 1.6% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Knife Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around Knife Lake Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Knife Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knife Lake Township | – | B− | C− | 34 min | $100,568 |
| Whited Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Arthur Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 30 min | $72,375 |
| Ann Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 51 min | — |
| Hillman Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Whited Township, Ann Lake Township and Hillman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Knife Lake 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 Knife Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Knife Lake Township?
$100,568 (±$16,947) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Knife Lake Township?
7.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Knife Lake Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Knife Lake Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mora (19%, 4 mi), Cambridge (4%, 26 mi), Milaca (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Knife Lake Township walkable?
Knife Lake Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Knife Lake Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Knife Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Knife Lake 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.