Moose Creek Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
At home: 7% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%). 4 jobs are based in Moose Creek Township, against 125 working residents. Hardly any work in Moose Creek Township itself; outside it, Bagley draws the most (27%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Moose Creek Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 125 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Moose Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 Moose Creek Township goes to work
Where Moose Creek Township clocks in
27% of workers
23% 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.
In Moose Creek Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moose Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 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 Moose Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Moose Creek Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moose Creek Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 77 commuters (the 7% 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.
Miles to work from Moose Creek 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.
The towns around Moose Creek Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moose Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Creek Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $71,875 |
| Nora Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Shevlin Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Jones Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Bear Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Nora Township, Shevlin Township, Jones Township and Bear Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moose 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 Moose Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Moose Creek Township?
$71,875 (±$18,685) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moose Creek Township?
7.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moose Creek Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moose Creek Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bagley (27%, 9 mi), Bemidji (23%, 17 mi), Eckles Township (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Moose 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 Moose Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moose 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.