How Remer Township works: jobs, income and commuting
Only 3% work in Remer Township; the top destination outside it is Grand Rapids (12%, 26 miles). At home: 6% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%). The average commute takes 37 minutes each way, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Remer Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Remer Township goes to work
Where Remer Township clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
Remer Township is a services town
59 jobs are based in Remer Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Remer Township, 2014 → 2024: 12 → 59. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Remer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Remer Township: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Remer Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 commuters (the 6% 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 commute from Remer Township, by distance
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
11% of Remer Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Remer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remer Township | – | — | — | 37 min | $46,250 |
| Remer | 11% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Inguadona Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Thunder Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Slater Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Trelipe Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Remer, Inguadona Township, Thunder Lake Township, Slater Township and Trelipe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Remer. Darker towns draw more of Remer 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 2024, 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 Remer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Remer Township?
$46,250 (±$9,775) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Remer Township?
19.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Remer Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Remer Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (12%, 26 mi), Remer (11%, 4 mi), Boy River (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Remer Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Remer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Remer Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.