Sherman Township has 3.6 jobs for every working resident: 407 people commute in to work
Home is the office for 9% of workers (Minnesota 18%). Employers in Sherman Township report 424 jobs for 118 working residents. About one in seven stay in Sherman Township for work; outside it, Redwood Falls is the main destination (25%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Sherman Township by day
On a workday 101 residents head out to work and 17 work right here.
About 670 people are in Sherman Township on a workday afternoon, 85% more 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.
Who travels to work in Sherman Township, and from where
Where Sherman Township clocks in
25% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Sherman Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sherman Township, 2013 → 2023: 612 → 424. 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 Sherman Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 16 minutes each way for Sherman Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sherman Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 113 commuters (the 9% 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 Sherman Township
About 15% 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.
The towns around Sherman Township
The biggest share goes to Paxton Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sherman Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $56,875 |
| Birch Cooley Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Paxton Township | 3% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Morgan Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Morton | 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Eden Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Birch Cooley Township, Paxton Township, Morgan Township, Morton and Eden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sherman 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 Sherman Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sherman Township?
$56,875 (±$18,698) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sherman Township?
15.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sherman Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sherman Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Redwood Falls (25%, 9 mi), Renville (11%, 25 mi), Morgan (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sherman Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sherman Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sherman 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.