Photo: DrTh0r · CC BY-SA 3.0Marshall draws more than half of Lynd Township’s working residents
Lynd Township has 3 jobs, against 210 working residents. At home: 9% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%). A typical one-way commute lasts 14 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 Lynd Township stands out on work
More than half of Lynd Township works in Marshall
118 working residents, 56%, have their main job in Marshall, 5.9 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Lynd Township itself. The commute map ↓
Lynd Township is a place people come home to
There are 3 jobs based in Lynd Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lynd Township has about 200 people in it, 50% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Lynd Township residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 210 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Lynd Township work
Where Lynd Township clocks in
56% of workers
4% 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.
How a workday changes Lynd Township
On a workday 210 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Lynd Township on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.
0.01 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Lynd Township
About 22% 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.
Making and building: 33% of jobs based in Lynd Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lynd Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 3. 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 Lynd Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Lynd Township, about 14 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lynd Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 198 commuters (the 9% 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.
Lynd Township and its neighbors: 56% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lynd Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynd Township | – | — | — | 14 min | $109,167 |
| Lyons Township | under 1% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Grandview Township | under 1% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Marshall | 56% | C | A | 11 min | $68,566 |
| Lake Marshall Township | under 1% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Island Lake Township | under 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Fairview Township | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lyons Township, Grandview Township, Lake Marshall Township, Island Lake Township and Fairview Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Marshall. Darker towns draw more of Lynd 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 Lynd Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lynd Township?
$109,167 (±$18,270) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lynd Township?
1.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lynd Township?
14 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lynd Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Lynd Township without a car?
2% 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 Lynd Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lynd 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.