With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Mary Township works elsewhere
0% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Mary Township has 3 jobs, against 22 working residents. Hardly any work in Mary Township itself; outside it, Ada draws the most (36%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Mary Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 43 people are in Mary Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
The places Mary Township commutes to
Where Mary Township clocks in
36% 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.
100% of the jobs in Mary Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mary Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 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 Mary Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Mary Township, about 34 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mary Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 0% 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 Mary Township to work
About 23% 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.
How Mary Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mary Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Township | – | — | — | 34 min | $127,679 |
| Hegne Township | under 5% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Viding Township | under 5% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Lee Township | under 5% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Winchester Township | under 5% | — | — | 6 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hegne Township, Viding Township, Lee Township and Winchester Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mary 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 Mary Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mary Township?
$127,679 (±$89,726) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mary Township?
6.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mary Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mary Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ada (36%, 9 mi), Borup (9%, 5 mi), Twin Valley (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mary 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 Mary Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mary 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.