With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Rush Lake Township works elsewhere
Employers in Rush Lake Township report 61 jobs; 499 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Rush Lake Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+). Hardly any stay in Rush Lake Township for work; outside it, Perham is the main destination (20%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Rush Lake Township apart on work
Rush Lake Township is a place people come home to
There are 61 jobs based in Rush Lake Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rush Lake Township has about 640 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Rush Lake Township and Perham trade workers both ways
Perham is the top workplace for Rush Lake Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Rush Lake Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 499 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Rush Lake Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income holds Rush Lake Township’s grade up ($75,000, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.2%) is left out: Rush Lake Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rush Lake Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Who leaves Rush Lake Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 496 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Rush Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Commuting out of Rush Lake Township: the destinations
Where Rush Lake Township clocks in
20% of workers
18% of workers
8% 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 Rush Lake Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rush Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 61. 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 Rush Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rush Lake Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 383 commuters (the 12% 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 Rush Lake Township
About 24% 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.
Driving is how Rush Lake Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 435 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of Rush Lake Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Rush Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,400, Rush Lake Township comes 1,713th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 6 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 21 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 23 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,711 | Morgan Township IN | 1,228 | $52K | 5.6% | 0.0% | <1% | C |
| 1,712 | Brampton Township MI | 1,028 | $80K | 10.6% | 4.9% | <1% | C |
| 1,713 | Rush Lake Township MN | 1,073 | $75K | 10.1% | 6.2% | 1% | C |
| 1,714 | Caroga NY | 1,238 | $65K | 7.4% | 1.6% | 6% | C |
| 1,715 | Saline Township OH | 1,120 | $91K | 16.7% | 8.1% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rush Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Around Rush Lake Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rush Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Lake Township | – | C | C+ | 20 min | $75,000 |
| Dead Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Otter Tail Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Otto Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Perham Township | under 2% | B− | D | 15 min | $103,558 |
Same-state neighbors only. Dead Lake Township, Otter Tail Township and Otto Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rush 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 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 Rush Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rush Lake Township?
$75,000 (±$10,976) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rush Lake Township?
10.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rush Lake Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rush Lake Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Perham (20%, 7 mi), New York Mills (18%, 10 mi), Wadena (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rush Lake Township walkable?
Rush Lake Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rush Lake Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rush Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rush Lake 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.