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Jobs & commute in Quiring Township

Most of Quiring Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

Home is the office for 4% of workers; Minnesota has 18%. 3 jobs are based in Quiring Township, against 41 working residents. Hardly any stay in Quiring Township for work; outside it, Bemidji is the main destination (17%, 29 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Quiring Township by day

On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

41live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night76
Workday38
76live here− 41head out to work+ 3come in to work= 38on a workday

About 38 people are in Quiring Township on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.07jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Quiring Township’s working residents head each day

Parkers Prairie: 1 residents work here (2%)Akeley: 1 residents work here (2%)Kelliher: 5 residents work here (12%)Blackduck: 2 residents work here (5%)Warroad: 2 residents work here (5%)Thief River Falls: 3 residents work here (7%)Bemidji: 7 residents work here (17%)Minneapolis: 2 residents work here (5%)Fargo: 2 residents work here (5%)Cormant TownshipBattle TownshipBenville TownshipWoodrow TownshipO'Brien TownshipQuiring TownshipLangor TownshipRedby: 2 residents work here (5%)BemidjiKelliherThief River FallsBlackduckWarroadMinneapolisQuiring Township
1
Bemidji29.2 mi away
17%7
2
Kelliher13.5 mi away
12%5
3
Thief River Falls69.1 mi away
7%3
4
Blackduck13.5 mi away
5%2
5
Warroad75.9 mi away
5%2
6
Minneapolis214 mi away
5%2
7
Fargo, ND121.7 mi away
5%2
8
Redby8.7 mi away
5%2
9
Parkers Prairie123.7 mi away
2%1
10
Akeley61.8 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%14
The top trips

Where Quiring Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Quiring Township

Jobs based in Quiring TownshipJobs Quiring Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%15%
Trade, transport & utilities0%29%
Services: health, schools, offices0%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month67%41%
Over $3,333 a month0%44%

Who does it

29 or younger33%24%
30 to 5467%41%
55 and older0%34%
−40%

Jobs based in Quiring Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 3. 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 Quiring Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota

A year of commuting
202 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Quiring Township26 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Quiring Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Quiring Township gets to work
80%Drive alone
11%Carpool
5%Walk
5%Other

Share of the 44 commuters (the 4% 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.

How far

Quiring Township’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBemidji: 17% · 29.2 miKelliher: 12% · 13.5 miThief River Falls: 7% · 69.1 miBlackduck: 5% · 13.5 miWarroad: 5% · 75.9 miMinneapolis: 5% · 214 miFargo: 5% · 121.7 miRedby: 5% · 8.7 miParkers Prairie: 2% · 123.7 miAkeley: 2% · 61.8 miBemidji 17%Kelliher 12%Thief River Falls 7%Blackduck 5%Warroad 5%Quiring Township
Quiring TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
7%Under 10 mi3 residents
24%10–24 mi10 residents
27%25–50 mi11 residents
41%Over 50 mi17 residents

About 41% 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

Quiring Township and the towns next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownQuiring Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Quiring Township–——26 min$78,750
Cormant Townshipunder 3%——33 min—
O'Brien Townshipunder 3%————
Battle Townshipunder 3%————
Woodrow Townshipunder 3%————

Same-state neighbors only. Cormant Township, O'Brien Township, Battle Township and Woodrow Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Quiring Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Quiring Township: questions

What is the median household income in Quiring Township?

$78,750 (±$21,376) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Quiring Township?

1.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Quiring Township?

26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Quiring Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bemidji (17%, 29 mi), Kelliher (12%, 14 mi), Thief River Falls (7%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Quiring Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Quiring Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Quiring Township

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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.