Prairie View Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Prairie View Township for work; outside it, Breckenridge is the main destination (13%, 25 miles). Employers in Prairie View Township report 5 jobs for 77 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Prairie View Township
On a workday 77 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Prairie View Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 Prairie View Township ends
Where Prairie View Township clocks in
12% of workers
12% 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.
60% of the jobs in Prairie View Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Prairie View Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Prairie View Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prairie View Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 113 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.
Miles to work from Prairie View Township
About 27% 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.
Work in the towns next to Prairie View Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prairie View Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $99,583 |
| Atherton Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Humboldt Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Norwegian Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Tanberg Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Tansem Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Atherton Township, Humboldt Township, Norwegian Grove Township, Tanberg Township and Tansem Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Prairie View 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 Prairie View Township: questions
What is the median household income in Prairie View Township?
$99,583 (±$41,438) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prairie View Township?
15.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prairie View Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prairie View Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Breckenridge (13%, 25 mi), Fergus Falls (12%, 24 mi), Wahpeton (12%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Prairie View Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Prairie View Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prairie View 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.