Most of Nashwauk Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota. Employers in Nashwauk Township report 370 jobs, and 722 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Nashwauk Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Nashwauk Township in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Nashwauk Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Nashwauk Township fell from 836 in 2014 to 370 in 2024, −56%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Nashwauk Township and Hibbing trade workers both ways
Hibbing is the top workplace for Nashwauk Township residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Nashwauk Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 722 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Nashwauk Township
The poverty rate holds Nashwauk Township’s grade up (10.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.6%) is left out: Nashwauk Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Nashwauk Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Goods jobs make up 32% of work in Nashwauk Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nashwauk Township, 2014 → 2024: 836 → 370. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nashwauk Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
22% of working residents work in Hibbing
Where Nashwauk Township clocks in
22% of workers
14% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Nashwauk Township
About 30% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Nashwauk Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 676 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 324 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Nashwauk Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Nashwauk Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nashwauk Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 562 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.
Most trips from Nashwauk Township start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 603 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.0% of Nashwauk Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nashwauk Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,779th of 5,381: where Nashwauk Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,777 | Laurel Township IN | 1,423 | $73K | 15.0% | 1.5% | 2% | C− |
| 3,778 | Sherman Township MI | 2,152 | $67K | 11.6% | 2.3% | 2% | C− |
| 3,779 | Nashwauk Township MN | 1,657 | $60K | 10.3% | 6.6% | 6% | C− |
| 3,780 | Tubac AZ | 1,294 | $73K | 13.4% | 0.0% | 6% | C− |
| 3,781 | Casa Loma CA | 1,587 | $43K | 30.8% | 0.4% | 0% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Nashwauk Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
29% of Nashwauk Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Hibbing (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nashwauk Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashwauk Township | – | C− | B | 26 min | $60,192 |
| Nashwauk | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Keewatin | 6% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Lawrence Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Greenway Township | 1% | C− | D | 30 min | $66,094 |
| Lone Pine Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Hibbing | 22% | C− | A− | 17 min | $55,789 |
| Balsam Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Nashwauk, Lawrence Township, Lone Pine Township and Balsam Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Keewatin: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nashwauk 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 2024, 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 Nashwauk Township: questions
What is the median household income in Nashwauk Township?
$60,192 (±$13,330) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nashwauk Township?
10.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nashwauk Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nashwauk Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hibbing (22%, 12 mi), Grand Rapids (14%, 20 mi), Keewatin (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Nashwauk Township walkable?
Nashwauk Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nashwauk Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nashwauk Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nashwauk Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.