New Ulm draws about half of Lake Hanska Township’s working residents
Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26). For 7% of workers, the job is at home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Hardly any work in Lake Hanska Township; the top destination outside it is New Ulm (47%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lake Hanska Township by day and by night
On a workday 141 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Lake Hanska Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.10 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Lake Hanska Township goes to work
Where Lake Hanska Township clocks in
47% 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.
Goods, not services: 71% of the jobs in Lake Hanska Township
14 jobs are based in Lake Hanska Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Hanska Township, 2014 → 2024: 20 → 14. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Hanska Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Lake Hanska Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Hanska Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 137 commuters (the 7% 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 Lake Hanska Township commutes less than 14 miles
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Lake Hanska Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Hanska Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Hanska Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $93,625 |
| Hanska | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Linden Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Albin Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Riverdale Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hanska, Linden Township, Albin Township and Riverdale Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Hanska 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 2024, 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 Hanska Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Hanska Township?
$93,625 (±$6,090) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Hanska Township?
2.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Hanska Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Hanska Township work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Lake Hanska Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Hanska Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Hanska Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.