Most of Lake Eunice Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Lake Eunice Township; the top destination outside it is Detroit Lakes (28%, 7 miles). 180 jobs are based in Lake Eunice Township for 805 working residents. Jobs and income earn Lake Eunice Township B−; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lake Eunice Township, in a few figures
Lake Eunice Township and Detroit Lakes trade workers both ways
Detroit Lakes is the top workplace for Lake Eunice Township residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Lake Eunice Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lake Eunice Township is a place people come home to
There are 180 jobs based in Lake Eunice Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Eunice Township has about 1,100 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Lake Eunice Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Lake Eunice Township fell from 336 in 2013 to 180 in 2023, −46%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 805 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Lake Eunice Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Lake Eunice Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Lake Eunice Township’s grade up (5.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Lake Eunice 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, Lake Eunice Township could be anywhere from C+ to B.
The towns that employ Lake Eunice Township’s residents
Where Lake Eunice Township clocks in
28% of workers
14% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Lake Eunice Township
On a workday 788 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Lake Eunice 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.
What Lake Eunice Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Eunice Township, 2013 → 2023: 336 → 180. 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 Lake Eunice Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Eunice Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 620 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.
How far it is to work from Lake Eunice Township
About 20% 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.
In Lake Eunice Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Eunice Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 720 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). 0.3% of Lake Eunice Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Lake Eunice Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Lake Eunice Township is 2,077th of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,075 | Kinsey AL | 2,291 | $56K | 8.5% | 1.8% | 1% | B− |
| 2,076 | Livonia NY | 1,469 | $72K | 9.3% | 2.6% | 5% | B− |
| 2,077 | Lake Eunice Township MN | 1,752 | $90K | 5.5% | 2.5% | 2% | B− |
| 2,078 | Southside Township MN | 1,560 | $81K | 7.5% | 1.7% | 2% | B− |
| 2,079 | Wabasso FL | 1,467 | $59K | 3.6% | 1.7% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Lake Eunice Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Around Lake Eunice Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Eunice Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Eunice Township | – | B− | B− | 25 min | $89,554 |
| Lake View Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 21 min | $86,979 |
| Audubon Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Dunn Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Cormorant Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 34 min | $102,813 |
Same-state neighbors only. Audubon Township and Dunn Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Eunice 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 Lake Eunice Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Eunice Township?
$89,554 (±$8,098) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Eunice Township?
5.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Eunice Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Eunice Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit Lakes (28%, 7 mi), Fargo (14%, 41 mi), Moorhead (3%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Eunice Township walkable?
Lake Eunice Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Eunice 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 Lake Eunice Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Eunice 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.