Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Work means Bemidji for more than half of Lammers Township’s working residents
Only 1% work in Lammers Township itself; outside it, Bemidji draws the most (55%, 12 miles). Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota. A typical one-way commute lasts 32 minutes, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Lammers Township stands out on work
More than half of Lammers Township works in Bemidji
167 working residents, 55%, have their main job in Bemidji, 12 miles away. That’s 55 times as many as work in Lammers Township itself. The commute map ↓
Lammers Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 304 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Lammers Township commutes to
Where Lammers Township clocks in
55% of workers
2% 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.
The trip to work from Lammers Township: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lammers Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 312 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.
The daily commute in and out of Lammers Township
On a workday 300 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 273 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Goods, not services: 96% of the jobs in Lammers Township
277 jobs are based in Lammers Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lammers Township, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 277. 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 Lammers Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Lammers Township, by distance
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.
Next door to Lammers Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lammers Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lammers Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $96,667 |
| Eckles Township | under 1% | B− | B− | 22 min | $78,125 |
| Jones Township | under 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Buzzle Township | under 1% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Shevlin Township | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jones Township, Buzzle Township and Shevlin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lammers 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 Lammers Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lammers Township?
$96,667 (±$13,324) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lammers Township?
9.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lammers Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lammers Township work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Lammers Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lammers Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lammers 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.