Penn Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Employers in Penn Township report 3 jobs, and 156 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Penn Township for work; outside it, Hutchinson is the main destination (24%, 16 miles). At home: 10% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Penn Township
On a workday 156 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Penn Township on a workday afternoon, 47% 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 people from Penn Township work
Where Penn Township clocks in
24% of workers
17% 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.
Penn Township makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
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 Penn Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Penn Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Penn Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 149 commuters (the 10% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Penn Township
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.
Penn Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Penn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $103,875 |
| Transit Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Round Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| New Auburn Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Sumter Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Collins Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Transit Township, Round Grove Township, New Auburn Township, Sumter Township and Collins Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Penn 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 Penn Township: questions
What is the median household income in Penn Township?
$103,875 (±$5,899) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Penn Township?
3.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Penn Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Penn Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hutchinson (24%, 16 mi), Glencoe (17%, 10 mi), Stewart (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Penn 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 Penn Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Penn 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.