Where Sioux Valley Township earns its living
A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26. Only 2% work in Sioux Valley Township itself; outside it, Lakefield draws the most (22%, 10 miles). Sioux Valley Township has 98 jobs, against 97 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Sioux Valley Township
On a workday 95 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
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 Sioux Valley Township’s working residents head each day
Where Sioux Valley Township clocks in
10% 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.
Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Sioux Valley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sioux Valley Township, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 98. 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 Sioux Valley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Sioux Valley Township: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sioux Valley Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 71 commuters (the 15% 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.
Sioux Valley Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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 Sioux Valley Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sioux Valley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Valley Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $80,750 |
| Rost Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Round Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Minneota Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rost Township, Round Lake Township and Minneota Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sioux Valley 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 Sioux Valley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sioux Valley Township?
$80,750 (±$9,997) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sioux Valley Township?
5.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sioux Valley Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sioux Valley Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lakefield (22%, 10 mi), Worthington (11%, 16 mi), Jackson (10%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sioux Valley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sioux Valley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sioux Valley 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.