Sigel Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working from home is the commute for 10% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Sigel Township has 8 jobs; 148 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Sigel Township itself; outside it, New Ulm draws the most (43%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Sigel Township
On a workday 148 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Sigel Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 Sigel Township work
Where Sigel Township clocks in
43% 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.
What Sigel Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sigel Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 8. 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 Sigel Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sigel Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 commuters (the 10% 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.
The distance from Sigel Township to work
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.
Work in the towns next to Sigel Township
The biggest share goes to Milford Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sigel Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigel Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $95,179 |
| Milford Township | 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Stark Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Cottonwood Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Milford Township, Stark Township and Cottonwood Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sigel 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 Sigel Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sigel Township?
$95,179 (±$9,671) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sigel Township?
2.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sigel Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sigel Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Ulm (43%, 6 mi), Sleepy Eye (7%, 9 mi), Springfield (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sigel Township without a car?
0% 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 Sigel Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sigel 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.