Most of Pembina Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Pembina Township has 63 jobs for 211 working residents. Working residents average 18 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
Getting to work from Pembina Township, in brief
40% of Pembina Township works in Mahnomen
84 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Mahnomen, 3.8 miles away across the town line. That’s 20 times as many as work in Pembina Township itself. The commute map ↓
Pembina Township is a place people come home to
There are 63 jobs based in Pembina Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 211 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
40% of working residents work in Mahnomen
Where Pembina Township clocks in
40% of workers
4% 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.
Who commutes out of Pembina Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 207 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Pembina Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
How far Pembina Township’s workers travel
About 30% 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.
In Pembina Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pembina Township, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 63. 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 Pembina Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Pembina Township: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pembina Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 206 commuters (the 6% 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.
Work next door: 40% of Pembina Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pembina Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pembina Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $59,191 |
| Mahnomen | 40% | D− | A | 13 min | $45,341 |
| Rosedale Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Fossum Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Marsh Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Popple Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rosedale Township, Fossum Township, Marsh Creek Township and Popple Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mahnomen. Darker towns draw more of Pembina 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 Pembina Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pembina Township?
$59,191 (±$2,670) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pembina Township?
21.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pembina Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pembina Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahnomen (40%, 4 mi), Detroit Lakes (4%, 33 mi), Minneapolis (4%, 206 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pembina Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pembina Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pembina 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.