Charles A. Lindbergh House and Park · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Pike Creek Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Pike Creek Township report 65 jobs, and 447 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 32 minutes each way; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26. For 7% of workers, the job is at home (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pike Creek Township at work: what stands out
Pike Creek Township is a place people come home to
There are 65 jobs based in Pike Creek Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pike Creek Township has about 600 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pike Creek Township and Little Falls trade workers both ways
Little Falls is the top workplace for Pike Creek Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Pike Creek Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pike Creek Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 447 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Pike Creek Township
On a workday 442 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Pike Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 2024, primary jobs.
33% of working residents work in Little Falls
Where Pike Creek Township clocks in
33% 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.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pike Creek Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 436 commuters (the 7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 28% of the jobs in Pike Creek Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pike Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 68 → 65. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pike Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Pike Creek Township
About 18% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work next door: 33% of Pike Creek Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pike Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Creek Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $75,455 |
| Little Falls | 33% | D | B+ | 20 min | $47,863 |
| Swan River Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Little Falls Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 27 min | $108,333 |
| Darling Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Green Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Culdrum Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Flensburg | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Sobieski | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Swan River Township, Darling Township, Green Prairie Township, Culdrum Township, Flensburg and Sobieski: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Little Falls. Darker towns draw more of Pike Creek 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 2024, 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 Pike Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pike Creek Township?
$75,455 (±$10,808) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pike Creek Township?
5.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pike Creek Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pike Creek Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Falls (33%, 4 mi), St. Cloud (4%, 34 mi), Brainerd (4%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pike Creek 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 Pike Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pike Creek Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.