Onstad Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Onstad Township report 1 jobs for 33 working residents. Hardly any work in Onstad Township itself; outside it, Crookston draws the most (24%, 15 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Onstad Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31 people are in Onstad Township on a workday afternoon, 51% 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 the trip to work from Onstad Township ends
Where Onstad Township clocks in
24% of workers
12% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Onstad 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 Onstad Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 18 minutes in Onstad Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Onstad Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 0% 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 Onstad Township goes to work
About 39% 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 Onstad Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Onstad Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onstad Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $82,500 |
| Kertsonville Township | under 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Liberty Township | under 4% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Godfrey Township | under 4% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Russia Township | under 4% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kertsonville Township, Liberty Township, Godfrey Township and Russia Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Onstad 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 Onstad Township: questions
What is the median household income in Onstad Township?
$82,500 (±$32,794) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Onstad Township?
7.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Onstad Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Onstad Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crookston (24%, 15 mi), Fertile (12%, 8 mi), Medina (9%, 223 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Onstad Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Onstad Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Onstad 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.