Paddock Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Paddock Township has 5 jobs for 130 working residents. Hardly any stay in Paddock Township for work; outside it, Perham is the main destination (31%, 18 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Paddock Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Paddock Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 Paddock Township goes to work
Where Paddock Township clocks in
31% of workers
19% of workers
4% 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: 60% of jobs based in Paddock Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paddock Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 5. 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 Paddock Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Paddock Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paddock Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 129 commuters (the 14% 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.
The distance from Paddock Township to work
About 22% 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.
Around Paddock Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paddock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddock Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $73,750 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Red Eye Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Runeberg Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Blowers Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Butler Township, Red Eye Township, Runeberg Township and Blowers Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Paddock 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 Paddock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Paddock Township?
$73,750 (±$18,456) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paddock Township?
3.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paddock Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paddock Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Perham (31%, 18 mi), Detroit Lakes (19%, 32 mi), Fergus Falls (4%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Paddock Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paddock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paddock 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.