Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Round Prairie Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Round Prairie Township itself; outside it, Long Prairie draws the most (19%, 6 miles). There are 38 jobs in Round Prairie Township; 334 of its residents have a job. The average commute, 23 minutes each way, matches the Minnesota norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Round Prairie Township: the gist
Round Prairie Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 331 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Round Prairie Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 people from Round Prairie Township work
Where Round Prairie Township clocks in
19% of workers
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.
What Round Prairie Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Round Prairie Township, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 38. 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 Round Prairie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Round Prairie Township spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Round Prairie Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 357 commuters (the 13% 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 Round Prairie Township commutes
About 16% 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.
How Round Prairie Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Long Prairie Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Round Prairie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Prairie Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $79,167 |
| Birchdale Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Long Prairie Township | 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Burnhamville Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Little Sauk Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Birchdale Township and Burnhamville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Long Prairie Township and Little Sauk Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Round Prairie 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 Round Prairie Township: questions
What is the median household income in Round Prairie Township?
$79,167 (±$16,243) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Round Prairie Township?
8.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Round Prairie Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Round Prairie Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Long Prairie (19%, 6 mi), St. Cloud (7%, 40 mi), Sauk Centre (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Round Prairie 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 Round Prairie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Round Prairie 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.