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Jobs & commute in Lake Hattie Township

Lake Hattie Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

For 4% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Lake Hattie Township has 13 jobs; 93 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Lake Hattie Township itself; outside it, Bemidji draws the most (42%, 17 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Lake Hattie Township on a workday afternoon

On a workday 93 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.

93live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
13work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night190
Workday110
190live here− 93head out to work+ 13come in to work= 110on a workday

About 110 people are in Lake Hattie Township on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.14jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Lake Hattie Township work

Broadview: 1 residents work here (1%)West Des Moines: 1 residents work here (1%)Middle RiverCass Lake: 5 residents work here (5%)Wilton: 2 residents work here (2%)Walker: 2 residents work here (2%)Bemidji: 39 residents work here (42%)ColeraineGrand Rapids: 3 residents work here (3%)Minneapolis: 2 residents work here (2%)Grand Forks: 3 residents work here (3%)Grant Valley TownshipTwin Lakes TownshipLake Alice TownshipLake Hattie TownshipSchoolcraft TownshipShingobee Township: 2 residents work here (2%)Itasca TownshipSugar Bush TownshipNorthern TownshipFern TownshipHart Lake TownshipTurtle River TownshipBemidjiCass LakeGrand RapidsGrand ForksWiltonWalkerLake Hattie Township
1
Bemidji16.6 mi away
42%39
2
Cass Lake24.3 mi away
5%5
3
Grand Rapids73.9 mi away
3%3
4
Grand Forks, ND101.8 mi away
3%3
5
Wilton15.2 mi away
2%2
6
Walker28.3 mi away
2%2
7
Minneapolis183.8 mi away
2%2
8
Shingobee Township28.5 mi away
2%2
9
Broadview, IL517.8 mi away
1%1
10
West Des Moines, IA402.6 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%33
The top trips

Where Lake Hattie Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

In Lake Hattie Township, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

Jobs based in Lake Hattie TownshipJobs Lake Hattie Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices0%66%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less15%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%27%
Over $3,333 a month85%60%

Who does it

29 or younger8%28%
30 to 5469%47%
55 and older23%25%

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 Hattie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 17 minutes each way for Lake Hattie Township’s commuters

A year of commuting
131 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Lake Hattie Township17 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Lake Hattie Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Lake Hattie Township gets to work
99%Drive alone
1%Carpool

Share of the 75 commuters (the 4% 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

Miles to work from Lake Hattie Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBemidji: 42% · 16.6 miCass Lake: 5% · 24.3 miGrand Rapids: 3% · 73.9 miGrand Forks: 3% · 101.8 miWilton: 2% · 15.2 miWalker: 2% · 28.3 miMinneapolis: 2% · 183.8 miShingobee Township: 2% · 28.5 miBroadview: 1% · 517.8 miWest Des Moines: 1% · 402.6 miBemidji 42%Cass Lake 5%Grand Rapids 3%Grand Forks 3%Wilton 2%Lake Hattie Township
Lake Hattie TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
61%10–24 mi57 residents
12%25–50 mi11 residents
27%Over 50 mi25 residents

About 27% 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.

Next door

Around Lake Hattie Township: the bordering towns

Itasca Township: few work hereLake Alice Township: few work hereFern Township: few work hereSchoolcraft Township: few work hereItasca TownshipLake Alice TownshipFern TownshipSchoolcraft TownshipLake Hattie Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Lake Hattie Township17 min
Itasca Township20 min
Lake Alice Township30 min
Schoolcraft Township30 min
Fern Township33 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownLake Hattie Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Lake Hattie Township–——17 min$61,563
Itasca Townshipunder 2%——20 min—
Lake Alice Townshipunder 2%——30 min—
Fern Townshipunder 2%——33 min—
Schoolcraft Townshipunder 2%——30 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Itasca Township, Lake Alice Township, Fern Township and Schoolcraft Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Lake Hattie Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Lake Hattie Township: questions

What is the median household income in Lake Hattie Township?

$61,563 (±$42,996) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Lake Hattie Township?

31.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Lake Hattie Township?

17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Lake Hattie Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bemidji (42%, 17 mi), Cass Lake (5%, 24 mi), Grand Rapids (3%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Lake Hattie 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 Hattie Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Lake Hattie Township

Lake Hattie Township home →

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.