Photo: MayorMetz · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Staples Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. There are 24 jobs in Staples Township for 240 working residents. 4% of workers work from home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Staples Township
Staples Township is a place people come home to
There are 24 jobs based in Staples Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Staples Township has about 400 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Staples Township and Staples trade workers both ways
Staples is the top workplace for Staples Township residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Staples Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Staples Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 240 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Staples Township
On a workday 240 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Staples Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
28% of working residents work in Staples
Where Staples Township clocks in
28% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
How long Staples Township spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Staples Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 406 commuters (the 4% 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.
Making and building: 50% of jobs based in Staples Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Staples Township, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 24. 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 Staples Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Staples Township to work
About 21% 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.
Staples Township and its neighbors: 28% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Staples Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staples Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $61,625 |
| Staples | 28% | D | A− | 22 min | $52,071 |
| Villard Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Bartlett Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Moran Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Thomastown Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Germania Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Villard Township, Bartlett Township, Moran Township, Thomastown Township and Germania Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Staples. Darker towns draw more of Staples 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 Staples Township: questions
What is the median household income in Staples Township?
$61,625 (±$19,397) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Staples Township?
16.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Staples Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Staples Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Staples (28%, 4 mi), Motley (8%, 10 mi), Wadena (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Staples Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Staples Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Staples 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.