Photo: Michael from Minnesota · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Mound Township works elsewhere
Employers in Mound Township report 14 jobs; 87 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. For 9% of workers, the job is at home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Mound Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 86 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Mound Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
23% of working residents work in Luverne
Where Mound Township clocks in
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.
A place that makes things: 79% of Mound Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mound Township, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 14. 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 Mound Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Mound Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mound Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 115 commuters (the 9% 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 commute from Mound Township, by distance
About 17% 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.
Mound Township and its neighbors: 23% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mound Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mound Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $88,750 |
| Vienna Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Springwater Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Luverne | 23% | B− | B | 16 min | $64,366 |
| Luverne Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Denver Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Vienna Township, Springwater Township, Luverne Township and Denver Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Luverne. Darker towns draw more of Mound 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 Mound Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mound Township?
$88,750 (±$28,710) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mound Township?
19.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mound Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mound Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Luverne (23%, 4 mi), Sioux Falls (18%, 28 mi), Pipestone (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mound 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 Mound Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mound 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.