Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Timothy Township works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Employers in Timothy Township report 17 jobs for 63 working residents. Hardly any stay in Timothy Township for work; outside it, Pine River is the main destination (11%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Timothy Township by day and by night
On a workday 63 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Timothy Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 Timothy Township commutes to
Where Timothy Township clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
53% of the jobs in Timothy Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Timothy Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 17. 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 Timothy Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Timothy Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 93 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Timothy Township
About 38% 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 Timothy Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Ideal Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Timothy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $98,750 |
| Ideal Township | 3% | B | C | 25 min | $108,355 |
| Blind Lake Township | under 4% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Fifty Lakes | under 4% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Gail Lake Township | under 4% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Manhattan Beach | under 4% | — | — | 48 min | — |
| Ponto Lake Township | under 4% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Blind Lake Township, Fifty Lakes, Gail Lake Township, Manhattan Beach and Ponto Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Timothy 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 Timothy Township: questions
What is the median household income in Timothy Township?
$98,750 (±$30,958) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Timothy Township?
1.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Timothy Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Timothy Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pine River (11%, 9 mi), Brainerd (6%, 28 mi), Crosslake (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Timothy Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Timothy Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Timothy 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.