John Olness House · Photo: SH5544 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fargo draws about half of Kragnes Township’s working residents
For 14% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%. The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26. Employers in Kragnes Township report 59 jobs, and 119 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Kragnes Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Kragnes Township on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.50 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 Kragnes Township goes to work
Where Kragnes Township clocks in
48% of workers
15% 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.
The kinds of work in Kragnes Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kragnes Township, 2013 → 2023: 587 → 59. 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 Kragnes Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Kragnes Township: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kragnes Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 commuters (the 14% 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 Kragnes Township, by distance
About 18% 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.
Kragnes Township and its neighbors: 48% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kragnes Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kragnes Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $104,792 |
| Georgetown Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Morken Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Oakport Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Georgetown Township, Morken Township and Oakport Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fargo. Darker towns draw more of Kragnes 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 Kragnes Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kragnes Township?
$104,792 (±$13,813) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kragnes Township?
8.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kragnes Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kragnes Township work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Kragnes Township without a car?
2% 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 Kragnes Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kragnes 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.