New Prairie Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in New Prairie Township report 25 jobs; 82 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in New Prairie Township for work; outside it, Morris is the main destination (21%, 11 miles). For 9% of workers, the job is at home (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of New Prairie Township
On a workday 82 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in New Prairie 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.
Where people from New Prairie Township work
Where New Prairie Township clocks in
21% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in New Prairie Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Prairie Township, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 25. 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 New Prairie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from New Prairie Township: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Prairie Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 116 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from New Prairie Township
About 29% 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.
New Prairie Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Prairie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Prairie Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $110,000 |
| White Bear Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Nora Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Framnas Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Walden Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Hodges Township | under 3% | — | — | 13 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. White Bear Lake Township, Nora Township, Framnas Township, Walden Township and Hodges Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Prairie 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 New Prairie Township: questions
What is the median household income in New Prairie Township?
$110,000 (±$27,006) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Prairie Township?
6.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Prairie Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Prairie Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morris (21%, 11 mi), Glenwood (11%, 15 mi), Benson (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Prairie 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 New Prairie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Prairie 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.