Bethelhem Lutheran Church · Photo: Jonathunder · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Nordland Township works elsewhere
91 jobs are based in Nordland Township for 401 working residents. Nordland Township grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. 4% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Nordland Township apart on work
Nordland Township and Aitkin trade workers both ways
Aitkin is the top workplace for Nordland Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Nordland Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nordland Township is a place people come home to
There are 91 jobs based in Nordland Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Nordland Township has about 720 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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 401 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Nordland Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Nordland Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Nordland Township’s grade up (6.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Nordland 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, Nordland Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
26% of working residents work in Aitkin
Where Nordland Township clocks in
26% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Nordland Township
On a workday 388 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Nordland 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where in the region Nordland Township works
About 36% 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.
85% of the jobs in Nordland Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nordland Township, 2014 → 2024: 20 → 91. 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 Nordland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Nordland Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nordland Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 422 commuters (the 4% 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.
Getting around Nordland Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nordland Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 441 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). 1.3% of Nordland Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nordland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,455th of 3,133: where Nordland Township ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 6 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 21 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 23 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,453 | Vernon NY | 1,151 | $64K | 12.4% | 2.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,454 | Rome ME | 1,184 | $78K | 10.3% | 4.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,455 | Nordland Township MN | 1,027 | $76K | 6.4% | 2.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,456 | Laurel Township OH | 1,053 | $64K | 6.3% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,457 | Belle Rose LA | 1,400 | $61K | 11.2% | 9.6% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Nordland Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
How Nordland Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nordland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordland Township | – | C+ | D | 23 min | $76,125 |
| Farm Island Township | under 2% | C− | D | 30 min | $68,250 |
| Glen Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Wealthwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Spencer Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Glen Township, Wealthwood Township and Spencer Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nordland 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 Nordland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Nordland Township?
$76,125 (±$10,386) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nordland Township?
6.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nordland Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nordland Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aitkin (26%, 5 mi), Brainerd (5%, 28 mi), Aitkin Township (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Nordland Township walkable?
Nordland Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nordland 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 Nordland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nordland 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.