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Jobs & commute in Salo Township

Most of Salo Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Minnesota has 18%. 3 jobs are based in Salo Township for 37 working residents. Hardly any stay in Salo Township for work; outside it, McGregor is the main destination (14%, 10 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Salo Township for work, and who comes in

On a workday 37 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

37live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night90
Workday56
90live here− 37head out to work+ 3come in to work= 56on a workday

About 56 people are in Salo Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Salo Township’s residents

McGrath: 1 residents work here (3%)Pine River: 1 residents work here (3%)McGregor: 5 residents work here (14%)Aitkin: 2 residents work here (5%)Annandale: 1 residents work here (3%)Milaca: 1 residents work here (3%)Hinckley: 1 residents work here (3%)Princeton: 1 residents work here (3%)Edina: 2 residents work here (5%)Grand RapidsWagner Township: 2 residents work here (5%)Beaver TownshipClark TownshipWaukenabo TownshipSpalding TownshipAutomba TownshipSalo TownshipMcGregorAitkinEdinaWagner TownshipMcGrathPine RiverSalo Township
1
McGregor9.7 mi away
14%5
2
Aitkin28.4 mi away
5%2
3
Edina116 mi away
5%2
4
Wagner Township24.3 mi away
5%2
5
McGrath23.4 mi away
3%1
6
Pine River62.1 mi away
3%1
7
Annandale102.3 mi away
3%1
8
Milaca61.3 mi away
3%1
9
Hinckley39 mi away
3%1
10
Princeton72.4 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%20
The top trips

Where Salo 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

Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Salo Township

Jobs based in Salo TownshipJobs Salo Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%14%
Trade, transport & utilities0%27%
Services: health, schools, offices0%59%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less67%27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%32%
Over $3,333 a month0%41%

Who does it

29 or younger100%19%
30 to 540%51%
55 and older0%30%
−63%

Jobs based in Salo Township, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 3. 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 Salo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 32 minutes each way for Salo Township’s commuters

A year of commuting
243 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Salo Township32 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Salo Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 9 commuters (the 0% 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 far Salo Township’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMcGregor: 14% · 9.7 miAitkin: 5% · 28.4 miEdina: 5% · 116 miWagner Township: 5% · 24.3 miMcGrath: 3% · 23.4 miPine River: 3% · 62.1 miAnnandale: 3% · 102.3 miMilaca: 3% · 61.3 miHinckley: 3% · 39 miPrinceton: 3% · 72.4 miMcGregor 14%Aitkin 5%Edina 5%Wagner Township 5%McGrath 3%Salo Township
Salo TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
16%Under 10 mi6 residents
16%10–24 mi6 residents
22%25–50 mi8 residents
46%Over 50 mi17 residents

About 46% 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.

Next door

Around Salo Township: the bordering towns

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Spalding Township20 min
Clark Township28 min
Salo Township32 min
Automba Township38 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownSalo Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Salo Township–——32 min$38,750
Spalding Townshipunder 3%——20 min—
Clark Townshipunder 3%——28 min—
Beaver Townshipunder 3%————
Automba Townshipunder 3%——38 min—

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

Darker towns draw more of Salo 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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Salo Township: questions

What is the median household income in Salo Township?

$38,750 (±$34,014) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Salo Township?

40.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Salo Township?

32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Salo Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McGregor (14%, 10 mi), Aitkin (5%, 28 mi), Edina (5%, 116 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Salo Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Salo Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Salo Township

Salo Township home →

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.