Lakin Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Employers in Lakin Township report 21 jobs, and 183 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Lakin Township itself; outside it, Pierz draws the most (15%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lakin Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 182 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Lakin Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Out of Lakin Township to work: where people go
Where Lakin Township clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
8% 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 jobs make up 81% of work in Lakin Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakin Township, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 21. 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 Lakin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Lakin Township, about 46 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakin Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 227 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from Lakin 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.
Lakin Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Morrill Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lakin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakin Township | – | — | — | 46 min | $69,583 |
| Page Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Morrill Township | 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Mount Morris Township | under 3% | — | — | 60 min | — |
| Granite Ledge Township | under 3% | — | — | 47 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Page Township, Morrill Township, Mount Morris Township and Granite Ledge Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lakin 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 Lakin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lakin Township?
$69,583 (±$18,709) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakin Township?
17.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakin Township?
46 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakin Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pierz (15%, 15 mi), St. Cloud (13%, 29 mi), Little Falls (8%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lakin Township without a car?
0% 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 Lakin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakin 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.