With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Stony Brook Township works elsewhere
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. 12 jobs are based in Stony Brook Township, against 55 working residents. Hardly any work in Stony Brook Township itself; outside it, Elbow Lake draws the most (22%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stony Brook Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 88 people are in Stony Brook Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The places Stony Brook Township commutes to
Where Stony Brook Township clocks in
22% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Stony Brook Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stony Brook Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 12. 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 Stony Brook Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes to work from Stony Brook Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stony Brook Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Stony Brook Township
About 24% 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.
How Stony Brook Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stony Brook Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $83,125 |
| Pomme de Terre Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Lawrence Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Elbow Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Aastad Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pomme de Terre Township, Lawrence Township, Elbow Lake Township and Aastad Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stony Brook 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 Stony Brook Township: questions
What is the median household income in Stony Brook Township?
$83,125 (±$26,426) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stony Brook Township?
0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stony Brook Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stony Brook Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elbow Lake (22%, 7 mi), Fergus Falls (11%, 15 mi), Alexandria (7%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stony Brook Township without a car?
4% 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 Stony Brook Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stony Brook 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.