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Jobs & commute in Rhinehart Township

Work means Grand Forks for about half of Rhinehart Township’s working residents

Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Hardly any stay in Rhinehart Township for work; outside it, Grand Forks is the main destination (45%, 4 miles). The trip to work takes 11 minutes on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Rhinehart Township

On a workday 53 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

53live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday75
130live here− 53head out to work+ 1come in to work= 75on a workday

About 75 people are in Rhinehart Township on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.02 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Rhinehart Township commutes to

Warren: 1 residents work here (2%)Red Lake Falls: 1 residents work here (2%)Crookston: 4 residents work here (8%)Thief River Falls: 1 residents work here (2%)East Grand Forks: 4 residents work here (8%)Fergus Falls: 1 residents work here (2%)Bemidji: 1 residents work here (2%)Medina: 2 residents work here (4%)Grand Forks: 24 residents work here (45%)Fargo: 4 residents work here (8%)Rhinehart TownshipHuntsville TownshipGrand Forks TownshipGrand ForksCrookstonEast Grand ForksFargoMedinaWarrenRhinehart Township
1
Grand Forks, ND4.3 mi away
45%24
2
Crookston20.2 mi away
8%4
3
East Grand Forks2.9 mi away
8%4
4
Fargo, ND71.1 mi away
8%4
5
Medina256.1 mi away
4%2
6
Warren24 mi away
2%1
7
Red Lake Falls34.1 mi away
2%1
8
Thief River Falls41.5 mi away
2%1
9
Fergus Falls119 mi away
2%1
10
Bemidji102.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%10
The top trips

Where Rhinehart 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

Most jobs in Rhinehart Township are in services

1 jobs are based in Rhinehart Township.

Jobs based in Rhinehart TownshipJobs Rhinehart Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%13%
Trade, transport & utilities0%15%
Services: health, schools, offices100%72%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%25%
Over $3,333 a month100%68%

Who does it

29 or younger0%17%
30 to 54100%51%
55 and older0%32%
−91%

Jobs based in Rhinehart Township, 2014 → 2024: 11 → 1. 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 Rhinehart Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Rhinehart Township: about 11 minutes

A year of commuting
86 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Rhinehart Township11 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
6%

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

About 1 in 10
How Rhinehart Township gets to work
84%Drive alone
16%Other

Share of the 79 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.

How far

How many miles Rhinehart Township commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGrand Forks: 45% · 4.3 miCrookston: 8% · 20.2 miEast Grand Forks: 8% · 2.9 miFargo: 8% · 71.1 miMedina: 4% · 256.1 miWarren: 2% · 24 miRed Lake Falls: 2% · 34.1 miThief River Falls: 2% · 41.5 miFergus Falls: 2% · 119 miBemidji: 2% · 102.7 miGrand Forks 45%Crookston 8%East Grand Forks 8%Fargo 8%Medina 4%Rhinehart Township
Rhinehart TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
60%Under 10 mi32 residents
9%10–24 mi5 residents
8%25–50 mi4 residents
23%Over 50 mi12 residents

About 23% 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.

Next door

Next door is work for 53% of Rhinehart Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Rhinehart Township11 min
Grand Forks15 min
East Grand Forks17 min
Huntsville Township18 min
Grand Forks Township27 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownRhinehart Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Rhinehart Township–——11 min$115,227
East Grand Forks8%B−A17 min$77,549
Huntsville Townshipunder 2%——18 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Huntsville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Grand Forks. Darker towns draw more of Rhinehart 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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Rhinehart Township: questions

What is the median household income in Rhinehart Township?

$115,227 (±$7,332) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Rhinehart Township?

1.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Rhinehart Township?

11 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Rhinehart Township work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Rhinehart 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 Rhinehart Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Rhinehart Township

Rhinehart Township home →

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.