Most of Prior Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Prior Township has 9 jobs, against 105 working residents. Hardly any stay in Prior Township for work; outside it, Graceville is the main destination (15%, 11 miles). The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Prior Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 105 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Prior Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 Prior Township’s working residents head each day
Where Prior Township clocks in
15% of workers
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.
Prior Township makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
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 Prior Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way for Prior Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prior Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 71 commuters (the 17% 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.
The distance from Prior Township to work
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 Prior Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prior Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prior Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $70,833 |
| Almond Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Big Stone Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Foster Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Toqua Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Almond Township, Big Stone Township, Foster Township and Toqua Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Prior 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 Prior Township: questions
What is the median household income in Prior Township?
$70,833 (±$15,447) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prior Township?
24.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prior Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prior Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Graceville (15%, 11 mi), Clinton (8%, 6 mi), Milbank (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Prior Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Prior Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prior 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.