Most of Todd Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Todd Township report 223 jobs for 623 working residents. The two grades for Todd Township are C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 4% work in Todd Township itself; outside it, Park Rapids draws the most (41%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Todd Township, in a few figures
41% of Todd Township works in Park Rapids
257 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Park Rapids, 3.2 miles away across the town line. That’s 10 times as many as work in Todd Township itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Todd Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Minnesota 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 623 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Todd Township: the grade in detail
Household income holds Todd Township’s grade up ($86,842, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.5%) is left out: Todd Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Todd Township could be anywhere from C to B−.
The towns that employ Todd Township’s residents
Where Todd Township clocks in
41% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Getting to work from Todd Township takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Todd Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 586 commuters (the 14% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Todd Township
On a workday 599 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Todd Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
A place that makes things: 39% of Todd Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Todd Township, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 223. 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 Todd Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Todd Township to work
About 23% 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.
In Todd Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Todd Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Todd Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 682 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.9% of Todd Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Todd Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Todd Township is 2,442nd of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,440 | Rushford MN | 1,849 | $77K | 9.5% | 3.7% | 23% | C+ |
| 2,441 | Gallitzin PA | 1,465 | $56K | 7.4% | 4.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,442 | Todd Township MN | 1,515 | $87K | 9.0% | 3.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,443 | Greenville VA | 1,183 | $42K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,444 | Duncannon PA | 1,465 | $51K | 9.0% | 5.9% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Todd Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns next door employ 45% of Todd Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Todd Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Township | – | C+ | C− | 18 min | $86,842 |
| Park Rapids | 41% | D− | A− | 26 min | $44,747 |
| Henrietta Township | 2% | C− | B | 16 min | $72,500 |
| Arago Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Osage Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Straight River Township | 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Arago Township, Osage Township and Straight River Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Park Rapids. Darker towns draw more of Todd 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 Todd Township: questions
What is the median household income in Todd Township?
$86,842 (±$5,365) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Todd Township?
9.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Todd Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Todd Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Park Rapids (41%, 3 mi), Bemidji (4%, 39 mi), Fargo (4%, 81 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Todd Township walkable?
Todd Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Todd Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Todd Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Todd 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.