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Jobs & commute in Normania Township

Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Normania Township

5% of workers work from home; Minnesota has 18%. Hardly any work in Normania Township; the top destination outside it is Marshall (22%, 15 miles). Working residents average 16 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Normania Township

On a workday 65 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

65live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday96
160live here− 65head out to work+ 0come in to work= 96on a workday

About 96 people are in Normania Township on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Commuting out of Normania Township: the destinations

Minneota: 4 residents work here (6%)Dawson: 2 residents work here (3%)Canby: 3 residents work here (5%)Granite Falls: 2 residents work here (3%)Montevideo: 6 residents work here (9%)Marshall: 14 residents work here (22%)Minneapolis: 2 residents work here (3%)Friendship Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Sparta Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Swede Prairie TownshipSandnes TownshipOshkosh Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Vallers TownshipNormania TownshipMarshallMontevideoMinneotaCanbyDawsonGranite FallsNormania Township
1
Marshall15.2 mi away
22%14
2
Montevideo19.6 mi away
9%6
3
Minneota12.7 mi away
6%4
4
Canby24.6 mi away
5%3
5
Dawson22.5 mi away
3%2
6
Granite Falls14.8 mi away
3%2
7
Minneapolis124.4 mi away
3%2
83%2
9
Sparta Township19.2 mi away
3%2
10
Oshkosh Township19.8 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%26
The top trips

Where Normania Township clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

About 16 minutes each way for Normania Township’s commuters

A year of commuting
123 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Normania Township16 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

of Normania Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Normania Township gets to work
82%Drive alone
14%Carpool
4%Other

Share of the 79 commuters (the 5% 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Normania Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMarshall: 22% · 15.2 miMontevideo: 9% · 19.6 miMinneota: 6% · 12.7 miCanby: 5% · 24.6 miDawson: 3% · 22.5 miGranite Falls: 3% · 14.8 miMinneapolis: 3% · 124.4 miFriendship Township: 3% · 6.3 miSparta Township: 3% · 19.2 miOshkosh Township: 3% · 19.8 miMarshall 22%Montevideo 9%Minneota 6%Canby 5%Dawson 3%Normania Township
Normania TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi6 residents
52%10–24 mi34 residents
11%25–50 mi7 residents
28%Over 50 mi18 residents

About 28% 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.

Next door

Next door to Normania Township

The biggest share goes to Friendship Township (3%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Vallers Township13 min
Normania Township16 min
Friendship Township22 min
Sandnes Township25 min
Swede Prairie Township28 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownNormania Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Normania Township–——16 min$114,375
Sandnes Townshipunder 4%——25 min—
Vallers Townshipunder 4%——13 min—
Swede Prairie Townshipunder 4%——28 min—
Friendship Township3%——22 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Sandnes Township, Vallers Township, Swede Prairie Township and Friendship Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Normania Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Normania Township: questions

What is the median household income in Normania Township?

$114,375 (±$46,167) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Normania Township?

3.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Normania Township?

16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Normania Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (22%, 15 mi), Montevideo (9%, 20 mi), Minneota (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Normania 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 Normania Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Normania Township

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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.