Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0How Long Prairie Township works: jobs, income and commuting
There are 390 jobs in Long Prairie Township; 398 of its residents have a job. Working residents average 23 minutes each way, about the same as across Minnesota. The poverty rate is 5.6%; Minnesota has 9.3%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Long Prairie Township and work: the main findings
Long Prairie Township makes and builds things
89% of the jobs based in Long Prairie Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Long Prairie Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 37%. The jobs ↓
Long Prairie Township and Long Prairie trade workers both ways
Long Prairie is the top workplace for Long Prairie Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Long Prairie Township come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Long Prairie Township pay over $40,000 a year
74% of the jobs based in Long Prairie Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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 398 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Making and building: 89% of jobs based in Long Prairie Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Long Prairie Township, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 390. 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 Long Prairie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
24% of working residents work in Long Prairie
Where Long Prairie Township clocks in
24% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 377 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 369 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 (0.98 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.
Long Prairie Township’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Long Prairie Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 455 commuters (the 18% 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 commute from Long Prairie Township, by distance
About 21% 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 24% of Long Prairie Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Long Prairie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Prairie Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $98,393 |
| Reynolds Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Bruce Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Round Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Hartford Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Long Prairie | 24% | C− | A− | 24 min | $58,786 |
Same-state neighbors only. Reynolds Township, Bruce Township, Round Prairie Township and Hartford Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Long Prairie. Darker towns draw more of Long Prairie 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 Long Prairie Township: questions
What is the median household income in Long Prairie Township?
$98,393 (±$22,307) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Long Prairie Township?
5.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Long Prairie Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Long Prairie Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Long Prairie (24%, 2 mi), Alexandria (6%, 27 mi), St. Cloud (5%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Long Prairie 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 Long Prairie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Long Prairie 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.