Portage Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 6% of workers (Minnesota 18%). 6 jobs are based in Portage Township, and 71 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Portage Township for work; outside it, Cook is the main destination (11%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Portage Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 71 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 98 people are in Portage Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 the trip to work from Portage Township ends
Where Portage Township clocks in
8% 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.
Portage Township works in goods: 67% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Portage Township, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 6. 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 Portage Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Portage Township, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Portage Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 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.
Portage Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 31% 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.
Next door to Portage Township
The biggest share goes to Camp 5 Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Portage Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portage Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $48,958 |
| Leiding Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Beatty Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Crane Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Camp 5 Township | 7% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Leiding Township, Beatty Township, Crane Lake Township and Camp 5 Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Portage 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 Portage Township: questions
What is the median household income in Portage Township?
$48,958 (±$16,033) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Portage Township?
9.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Portage Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Portage Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cook (11%, 20 mi), Greenwood Township (10%, 22 mi), Virginia (8%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Portage Township without a car?
3% 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 Portage Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Portage 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.