With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Lowell Township works elsewhere
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. 34 jobs are based in Lowell Township for 141 working residents. The trip to work takes 16 minutes on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Lowell Township
On a workday 141 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Lowell Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
38% of working residents work in Crookston
Where Lowell Township clocks in
38% of workers
16% 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.
A place that makes things: 71% of Lowell Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lowell Township, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 34. 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 Lowell Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 16 minutes to work from Lowell Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lowell Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 63 commuters (the 6% 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 distance from Lowell Township to work
About 26% 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.
Bordering towns draw 38% of Lowell Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lowell Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $101,827 |
| Crookston | 38% | C | A | 17 min | $57,315 |
| Fisher Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Crookston Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Fanny Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Andover Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fisher Township, Crookston Township, Fanny Township and Andover Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Crookston. Darker towns draw more of Lowell 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: 8% of Lowell Township workers work outside Minnesota. The job records count 23% 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 Lowell Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lowell Township?
$101,827 (±$25,119) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lowell Township?
0.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lowell Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lowell Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crookston (38%, 4 mi), Grand Forks (16%, 21 mi), Fisher (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lowell 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 Lowell Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lowell 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.