Warroad draws about two in three of Lake Township’s working residents
Employers in Lake Township report 254 jobs for 1,059 working residents. For jobs and income Lake Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C−). The trip to work takes 11 minutes on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lake Township, in a few figures
More than half of Lake Township works in Warroad
721 working residents, 68%, have their main job in Warroad, 4.5 miles away across the town line. That’s 11 times as many as work in Lake Township itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Lake Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical Minnesota worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Lake Township residents work close to home
75% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Lake Township is a place people come home to
There are 254 jobs based in Lake Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Township has about 1,200 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Inside Lake Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Lake Township’s grade up ($76,190, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Lake 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 Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Where people from Lake Township work
Where Lake Township clocks in
68% of workers
4% 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.
From Lake Township, about 11 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 684 commuters (the 13% 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.
Lake Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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.
Who works in Lake Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 992 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.24 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.
Jobs in Lake Township: what the 254 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 254. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Lake Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 782 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). 10.1% of Lake Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Lake Township is 4,192nd of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Stillwater Township MN | 1,831 | $162K | 3.4% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,190 | Seth Ward TX | 2,205 | $54K | 24.7% | 3.8% | <1% | C− |
| 4,191 | Corning IA | 1,511 | $65K | 12.4% | 6.0% | 31% | C− |
| 4,192 | Lake Township MN | 1,995 | $76K | 17.4% | 3.3% | 6% | C− |
| 4,193 | Gorham Township OH | 2,120 | $53K | 14.9% | 1.1% | 5% | C− |
| 4,194 | Heidelberg TX | 2,215 | $34K | 13.5% | 27.5% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Bordering towns draw 68% of Lake Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Township | – | C− | C− | 11 min | $76,190 |
| Warroad | 68% | D | B | 11 min | $50,625 |
| Moranville Township | under 1% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Cedarbend Township | under 1% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Enstrom Township | under 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Moranville Township, Cedarbend Township and Enstrom Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Warroad. Darker towns draw more of Lake 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Township?
$76,190 (±$13,137) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Township?
17.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Township?
11 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Township work?
6% work in town.
Is Lake Township walkable?
Lake Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake 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.