Sumter Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Sumter Township has 37 jobs for 261 working residents. Hardly any work in Sumter Township; the top destination outside it is Hutchinson (25%, 9 miles). Home is the office for 10% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Sumter Township stands out on work
Sumter Township is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Sumter Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sumter Township has about 270 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Sumter Township and Hutchinson trade workers both ways
Hutchinson is the top workplace for Sumter Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Sumter Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Sumter Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 261 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Sumter Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 260 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Sumter Township on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 Sumter Township work
Where Sumter Township clocks in
25% of workers
13% 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.
From Sumter Township, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sumter Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 248 commuters (the 10% 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.
73% of the jobs in Sumter Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sumter Township, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 37. 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 Sumter Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Sumter Township to work
About 18% 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 Sumter Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sumter Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumter Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $101,250 |
| Collins Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Glencoe Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Hassan Valley Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Penn Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Round Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Collins Township, Glencoe Township, Hassan Valley Township, Penn Township and Round Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sumter 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 Sumter Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sumter Township?
$101,250 (±$24,881) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sumter Township?
8.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sumter Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sumter Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hutchinson (25%, 9 mi), Glencoe (13%, 8 mi), Stewart (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sumter 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 Sumter Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sumter 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.