Spruce Hill Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
25 jobs are based in Spruce Hill Township for 199 working residents. Hardly any work in Spruce Hill Township itself; outside it, Alexandria draws the most (43%, 15 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 34 minutes; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Spruce Hill Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 198 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Spruce Hill Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Spruce Hill Township work
Where Spruce Hill Township clocks in
43% 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.
The kinds of work in Spruce Hill Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spruce Hill Township, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 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 Spruce Hill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Spruce Hill Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spruce Hill Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 180 commuters (the 13% 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.
Spruce Hill Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 20% 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.
Spruce Hill Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spruce Hill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Hill Township | – | — | — | 34 min | $79,375 |
| Miltona Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Belle River Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Eastern Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Burleene Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Miltona Township, Belle River Township, Eastern Township and Burleene Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spruce Hill 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 Spruce Hill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Spruce Hill Township?
$79,375 (±$33,733) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spruce Hill Township?
3.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spruce Hill Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spruce Hill Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alexandria (43%, 15 mi), Parkers Prairie (5%, 8 mi), Miltona (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spruce Hill Township without a car?
1% 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 Spruce Hill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spruce Hill 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.