Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0Thief River Falls draws more than half of Moylan Township’s working residents
The trip to work takes 32 minutes on average (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26). Hardly any work in Moylan Township; the top destination outside it is Thief River Falls (53%, 19 miles). Moylan Township has 1 jobs, and 43 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Moylan Township
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 51 people are in Moylan Township on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
0.02 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Moylan Township goes to work
Where Moylan Township clocks in
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.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Moylan Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Moylan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Moylan Township: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moylan Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 commuters (the 15% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Moylan Township
About 16% 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 Moylan Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moylan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moylan Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $69,688 |
| Espelie Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Goodridge Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Eckvoll Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Grand Plain Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Espelie Township, Goodridge Township, Eckvoll Township and Grand Plain Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moylan 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 Moylan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Moylan Township?
$69,688 (±$52,918) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moylan Township?
3.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moylan Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moylan Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Moylan 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 Moylan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moylan 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.