Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Pine River Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Pine River Township is behind 77% of U.S. towns. 67 jobs are based in Pine River Township, and 446 of its residents work somewhere. Pine River Township grades D for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Pine River Township apart
Why Pine River Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Pine River Township is better than 8% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Pine River Township’s grade up (15.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.3%) is left out: Pine River Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pine River Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Who leaves Pine River Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 438 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Pine River Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
13% of working residents work in Pine River
Where Pine River Township clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 30% of the jobs in Pine River Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine River Township, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 67. 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 Pine River Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Pine River Township spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine River Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 429 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pine River Township
About 26% 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.
Most of Pine River Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pine River Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 475 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.6% of Pine River Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pine River Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Pine River Township comes 4,143rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,141 | Farmland IN | 1,265 | $41K | 22.4% | 4.2% | 2% | D |
| 4,142 | Montrose PA | 1,275 | $53K | 24.6% | 5.5% | 9% | D |
| 4,143 | Pine River Township MN | 1,240 | $58K | 15.5% | 7.3% | 2% | D |
| 4,144 | Greig NY | 1,195 | $58K | 14.8% | 5.8% | 1% | D |
| 4,145 | East Fallowfield Township PA | 1,517 | $59K | 24.6% | 2.2% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pine River Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Pine River Township and its neighbors: 16% work next door
The biggest share goes to Pine River (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine River Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine River Township | – | D | C+ | 21 min | $58,056 |
| Pine River | 13% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Barclay Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Powers Township | 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Bull Moose Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Walden Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pine River, Barclay Township, Powers Township, Bull Moose Township and Walden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pine River 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 Pine River Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pine River Township?
$58,056 (±$11,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine River Township?
15.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine River Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine River Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pine River (13%, 4 mi), Hackensack (11%, 12 mi), Walker (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine River Township walkable?
Pine River Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine River Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine River Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine River 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.