Synnes Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers; Minnesota has 18%. Employers in Synnes Township report 1 jobs for 74 working residents. Hardly any stay in Synnes Township for work; outside it, Morris is the main destination (28%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Synnes Township
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 64 people are in Synnes Township on a workday afternoon, 53% 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 Synnes Township work
Where Synnes Township clocks in
28% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Synnes Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Synnes Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 1. 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 Synnes Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Synnes Township’s commute takes about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Synnes Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 121 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far Synnes Township’s workers travel
About 19% 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.
Synnes Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Synnes Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synnes Township | – | — | — | 12 min | $250,000+ |
| Horton Township | under 3% | — | — | 9 min | — |
| Scott Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Hegbert Township | under 3% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Stevens Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Horton Township, Scott Township, Hegbert Township and Stevens Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Synnes 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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Synnes Township: questions
What is the median household income in Synnes Township?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Synnes Township?
25.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Synnes Township?
12 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Synnes Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morris (28%, 11 mi), Darnen Township (23%, 8 mi), Moore Township (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Synnes Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Synnes Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Synnes 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.