Rock Lake Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
18 jobs are based in Rock Lake Township for 119 working residents. Hardly any work in Rock Lake Township; the top destination outside it is Marshall (35%, 15 miles). Home is the office for 25% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Rock Lake Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 119 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Rock Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Rock Lake Township work
Where Rock Lake Township clocks in
35% 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.
The kinds of work in Rock Lake Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rock Lake Township, 2014 → 2024: 26 → 18. 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 Rock Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Rock Lake Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rock Lake Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 94 commuters (the 25% 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.
Miles to work from Rock Lake Township
About 30% 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 to Rock Lake Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rock Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Lake Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $95,833 |
| Custer Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lyons Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Shelburne Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Custer Township, Lyons Township and Shelburne Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rock Lake 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 Rock Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rock Lake Township?
$95,833 (±$40,764) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rock Lake Township?
0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rock Lake Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rock Lake Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (35%, 15 mi), Tracy (5%, 13 mi), Russell (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rock Lake 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 Rock Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rock Lake 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.