With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Lawrence Township works elsewhere
12 jobs are based in Lawrence Township for 35 working residents. Hardly any work in Lawrence Township; the top destination outside it is Fergus Falls (23%, 16 miles). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Lawrence Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 35 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 72 people are in Lawrence Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Commuting out of Lawrence Township: the destinations
Where Lawrence Township clocks in
23% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Lawrence Township works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lawrence Township, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 12. 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 Lawrence Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Lawrence Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lawrence Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 63 commuters (the 3% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lawrence Township
About 31% 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.
Around Lawrence Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lawrence Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Township | – | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Stony Brook Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Champion Township | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Western Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| North Ottawa Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stony Brook Township, Champion Township, Western Township and North Ottawa Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lawrence 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Lawrence Township workers work outside Minnesota. The job records count 12% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lawrence Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lawrence Township?
6.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lawrence Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lawrence Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fergus Falls (23%, 16 mi), Elbow Lake (11%, 12 mi), Fargo (9%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lawrence Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lawrence Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lawrence 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.