Ransom Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Home is the office for 10% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota. 36 jobs are based in Ransom Township, and 90 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Ransom Township; the top destination outside it is Worthington (32%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Ransom Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Ransom Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 Ransom Township goes to work
Where Ransom Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 50% of the jobs in Ransom Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ransom Township, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 36. 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 Ransom Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Ransom Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ransom Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 84 commuters (the 10% 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 many miles Ransom Township commutes
About 25% 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 Ransom Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ransom Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ransom Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $89,063 |
| Little Rock Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Dewald Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Bigelow | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Bigelow Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Little Rock Township, Dewald Township, Bigelow and Bigelow Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ransom 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 Ransom Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ransom Township?
$89,063 (±$20,706) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ransom Township?
4.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ransom Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ransom Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Worthington (32%, 10 mi), Ellsworth (7%, 13 mi), Brewster (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ransom Township without a car?
6% 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 Ransom Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ransom 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.