Most of Split Rock Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 43% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. 20 jobs are based in Split Rock Township for 68 working residents. Hardly any work in Split Rock Township itself; outside it, Cloquet draws the most (13%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Split Rock Township on a workday
On a workday 68 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Split Rock Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 Split Rock Township’s working residents head each day
Where Split Rock Township clocks in
10% of workers
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.
Making and building: 55% of jobs based in Split Rock Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Split Rock Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 34 minutes each way for Split Rock Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Split Rock Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 51 commuters (the 43% 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 Split Rock Township to work
About 32% 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.
Around Split Rock Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Split Rock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split Rock Township | – | — | — | 34 min | $63,214 |
| Silver Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Automba Township | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Beaver Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Birch Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Silver Township, Automba Township, Beaver Township and Birch Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Split Rock 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 Split Rock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Split Rock Township?
$63,214 (±$11,842) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Split Rock Township?
16.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Split Rock Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 43% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Split Rock Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cloquet (13%, 30 mi), Moose Lake (10%, 11 mi), Duluth (10%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Split Rock Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Split Rock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Split Rock 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.