Most of Pokegama Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 9% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Pokegama Township has 158 jobs, and 1,077 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Pokegama Township are B− 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
Getting to work from Pokegama Township, in brief
Pokegama Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Pokegama Township is a place people come home to
There are 158 jobs based in Pokegama Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pokegama Township has about 2,000 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pokegama Township and Pine City trade workers both ways
Pine City is the top workplace for Pokegama Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Pokegama Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Why Pokegama Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pokegama Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #198 of 273 in Minnesota. Unemployment holds Pokegama Township’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pokegama Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Time on the road from Pokegama Township: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pokegama Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,399 commuters (the 9% 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.
Who works in Pokegama Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,062 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Pokegama Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
17% of working residents work in Pine City
Where Pokegama Township clocks in
7% 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 jobs make up 32% of work in Pokegama Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pokegama Township, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 158. 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 Pokegama Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Pokegama Township’s workers travel
About 29% 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.
The commute in Pokegama Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pokegama Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #220 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Pokegama Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,536 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). 0.6% of Pokegama Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pokegama Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pokegama Township is 2,323rd of 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 19 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,321 | Fawn Township PA | 2,093 | $88K | 10.9% | 7.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,322 | Mulino OR | 2,229 | $108K | 10.0% | 9.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,323 | Pokegama Township MN | 2,884 | $78K | 8.7% | 2.7% | 1% | B− |
| 2,324 | Marlborough NH | 2,201 | $69K | 13.2% | 0.4% | 3% | B− |
| 2,325 | Agua Dulce CA | 2,828 | $146K | 13.7% | 9.8% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Pokegama Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Pokegama Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pokegama Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pokegama Township | – | B− | C | 37 min | $77,888 |
| Pine City | 17% | D | B | 29 min | $52,056 |
| Pine City Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 32 min | $85,536 |
| Chengwatana Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Royalton Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 33 min | $86,000 |
| Brook Park Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Comfort Township | under 2% | B− | D | 33 min | $91,196 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chengwatana Township and Brook Park Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pine City. Darker towns draw more of Pokegama 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 Pokegama Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pokegama Township?
$77,888 (±$11,171) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pokegama Township?
8.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pokegama Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pokegama Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pine City (17%, 4 mi), Rush City (7%, 13 mi), Cambridge (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pokegama Township walkable?
Pokegama Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pokegama 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 Pokegama Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pokegama 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.