Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Motley Township works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Motley Township for work; outside it, Motley is the main destination (14%, 3 miles). 5 jobs are based in Motley Township, against 81 working residents. Home is the office for 2% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Motley Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Motley Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Commuting out of Motley Township: the destinations
Where Motley Township clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Motley Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 5. 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 Motley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Motley Township: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Motley Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 84 commuters (the 2% 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 Motley 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.
20% of Motley Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Motley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motley Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $77,083 |
| May Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Motley | 14% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Scandia Valley Township | 6% | B | C | 32 min | $81,750 |
| Villard Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Rosing Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Fawn Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. May Township, Motley, Villard Township, Rosing Township and Fawn Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Motley. Darker towns draw more of Motley 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 Motley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Motley Township?
$77,083 (±$22,836) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Motley Township?
2.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Motley Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Motley Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Motley (14%, 3 mi), Little Falls (11%, 25 mi), Brainerd (11%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Motley 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 Motley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Motley 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.