Photo: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +) · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Springwater Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 10 jobs in Springwater Township for 112 working residents. Hardly any work in Springwater Township itself; outside it, Luverne draws the most (30%, 9 miles). Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Springwater Township by day
On a workday 112 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Springwater Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 Springwater Township’s working residents head each day
Where Springwater Township clocks in
30% of workers
3% 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.
Springwater Township makes things: 40% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springwater Township, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 10. 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 Springwater Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way for Springwater Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springwater Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 103 commuters (the 21% 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 Springwater Township to work
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.
Work in the towns next to Springwater Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springwater Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springwater Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $103,333 |
| Mound Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Rose Dell Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Beaver Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mound Township, Rose Dell Township and Beaver Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Springwater 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 Springwater Township: questions
What is the median household income in Springwater Township?
$103,333 (±$16,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springwater Township?
1.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springwater Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springwater Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Luverne (30%, 9 mi), Sioux Falls (16%, 22 mi), Beaver Creek (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Springwater Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Springwater Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springwater 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.