With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Powers Township works elsewhere
Home is the office for 8% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. 127 jobs are based in Powers Township, against 308 working residents. Only 4% stay in Powers Township for work; outside it, Pine River is the main destination (8%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Powers Township, in brief
How many miles Powers Township commutes
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.
Powers Township by day and by night
On a workday 295 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Powers Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Commuting out of Powers Township: the destinations
Where Powers Township clocks in
8% of workers
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.
The kinds of work in Powers Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Powers Township, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 127. 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 Powers Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Powers Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Powers Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 236 commuters (the 8% 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.
Next door to Powers Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Powers Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powers Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $59,196 |
| Ponto Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Pine River Township | under 3% | D | C+ | 21 min | $58,056 |
| Deerfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Birch Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ponto Lake Township, Deerfield Township and Birch Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Powers 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 Powers Township: questions
What is the median household income in Powers Township?
$59,196 (±$8,237) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Powers Township?
18.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Powers Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Powers Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pine River (8%, 9 mi), Hackensack (7%, 6 mi), Brainerd (5%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Powers 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 Powers Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Powers 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.