Most of Shooks Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
For 3% of workers, the job is at home (Minnesota 18%). 25 jobs are based in Shooks Township, and 71 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Shooks Township itself; outside it, Bemidji draws the most (13%, 33 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Shooks Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Shooks Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 Shooks Township’s working residents head each day
Where Shooks Township clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Shooks Township makes things: 32% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shooks Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 25. 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 Shooks Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Shooks Township: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shooks Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 71 commuters (the 3% 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.
Where in the region Shooks Township works
About 41% 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.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Shooks Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Kelliher (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shooks Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shooks Township | – | — | — | 34 min | $47,813 |
| Kelliher Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Hornet Township | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Cormant Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Kelliher | 11% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Langor Township | 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kelliher Township, Hornet Township, Cormant Township, Kelliher and Langor Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shooks 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 Shooks Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shooks Township?
$47,813 (±$7,899) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shooks Township?
2.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shooks Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shooks Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bemidji (13%, 33 mi), Kelliher (11%, 5 mi), Warroad (7%, 81 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shooks 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 Shooks Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shooks 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.