Marsh Creek Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Home is the office for 4% of workers; Minnesota has 18%. Marsh Creek Township has 9 jobs; 62 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Marsh Creek Township for work; outside it, Mahnomen is the main destination (44%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Marsh Creek Township
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 83 people are in Marsh Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Where people from Marsh Creek Township work
Where Marsh Creek Township clocks in
44% of workers
6% 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.
Marsh Creek Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Marsh Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Marsh Creek Township: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marsh Creek Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 50 commuters (the 4% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Marsh Creek Township
About 29% 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.
Work next door: 50% of Marsh Creek Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marsh Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh Creek Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $100,000 |
| Mahnomen | 44% | D− | A | 13 min | $45,341 |
| Chief Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Bejou Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Waukon Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Pembina Township | 6% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chief Township, Bejou Township, Waukon Township and Pembina Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mahnomen. Darker towns draw more of Marsh Creek 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 Marsh Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Marsh Creek Township?
$100,000 (±$51,715) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marsh Creek Township?
1.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marsh Creek Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marsh Creek Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahnomen (44%, 4 mi), Waubun (6%, 13 mi), Pembina Township (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Marsh Creek 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 Marsh Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marsh Creek 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.