Most of Lambert Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Lambert Township report 11 jobs, and 65 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Lambert Township itself; outside it, Thief River Falls draws the most (38%, 25 miles). A typical one-way commute from Lambert Township lasts 19 minutes (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Lambert Township
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 84 people are in Lambert Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 Lambert Township’s working residents head each day
Where Lambert Township clocks in
11% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Lambert Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lambert Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 11. 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 Lambert Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Lambert Township takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lambert Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 commuters (the 12% 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.
Lambert Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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.
The towns next door employ 16% of Lambert Township
The biggest share goes to Oklee (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lambert Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambert Township | – | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Oklee | 11% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Poplar River Township | 5% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Chester Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Garnes Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Lessor Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oklee, Poplar River Township, Chester Township, Garnes Township and Lessor Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lambert 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 Lambert Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lambert Township?
35.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lambert Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lambert Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thief River Falls (38%, 25 mi), Oklee (11%, 4 mi), Medina (6%, 221 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lambert 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 Lambert Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lambert 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.