Meadow Brook Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
4 jobs are based in Meadow Brook Township for 105 working residents. Hardly any work in Meadow Brook Township; the top destination outside it is Brainerd (12%, 20 miles). At home: 8% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Meadow Brook Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 105 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Meadow Brook Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 the trip to work from Meadow Brook Township ends
Where Meadow Brook Township clocks in
12% 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.
Meadow Brook Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meadow Brook Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 4. 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 Meadow Brook Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 46 minutes from Meadow Brook Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meadow Brook Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far Meadow Brook Township goes to work
About 34% 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 in the towns next to Meadow Brook Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Meadow Brook Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Brook Township | – | — | — | 46 min | $58,036 |
| Byron Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| May Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Home Brook Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Moose Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Byron Township, May Township, Home Brook Township and Moose Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Meadow Brook 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 Meadow Brook Township: questions
What is the median household income in Meadow Brook Township?
$58,036 (±$8,238) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meadow Brook Township?
10.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meadow Brook Township?
46 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meadow Brook Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brainerd (12%, 20 mi), Baxter (8%, 17 mi), Nisswa (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Meadow Brook 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 Meadow Brook Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meadow Brook 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.