Most of Lake Ida Township commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Lake Ida Township; the top destination outside it is Twin Valley (12%, 6 miles). There are 1 jobs in Lake Ida Township, against 52 working residents. 6% of workers work from home (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Lake Ida Township
On a workday 52 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 84 people are in Lake Ida Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where Lake Ida Township’s working residents head each day
Where Lake Ida Township clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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 place that makes things: 100% of Lake Ida Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Ida Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Lake Ida Township takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Ida Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 commuters (the 6% 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 distance from Lake Ida Township to work
About 19% 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.
Lake Ida Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Ida Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Ida Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $122,083 |
| Green Meadow Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Wild Rice Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| McDonaldsville Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Rockwell Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Green Meadow Township, Wild Rice Township, McDonaldsville Township and Rockwell Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Ida 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 Ida Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Ida Township?
$122,083 (±$38,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Ida Township?
12.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Ida Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Ida Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Twin Valley (12%, 6 mi), Mahnomen (10%, 20 mi), Ada (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lake Ida Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Ida Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Ida 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.