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Jobs & commute in Toqua Township

Toqua Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

6 jobs are based in Toqua Township for 11 working residents. Hardly any work in Toqua Township; the top destination outside it is Graceville (18%, 7 miles). 0% of workers work from home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of Toqua Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 11 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

11live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night45
Workday40
45live here− 11head out to work+ 6come in to work= 40on a workday

About 40 people are in Toqua Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.55jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Toqua Township ends

DoranGraceville: 2 residents work here (18%)Browns Valley: 1 residents work here (9%)Clarissa: 1 residents work here (9%)Wheaton: 2 residents work here (18%)Morris: 1 residents work here (9%)Fergus Falls: 1 residents work here (9%)Minneapolis: 1 residents work here (9%)Milbank: 2 residents work here (18%)Toqua TownshipGraceville TownshipPrior TownshipBrowns Valley TownshipBradford TownshipParnell TownshipFolsom TownshipGracevilleWheatonMilbankBrowns ValleyClarissaMorrisToqua Township
1
Graceville6.7 mi away
18%2
2
Wheaton18.3 mi away
18%2
3
Milbank, SD22.8 mi away
18%2
4
Browns Valley13 mi away
9%1
5
Clarissa87.9 mi away
9%1
6
Morris32.4 mi away
9%1
7
Fergus Falls56.4 mi away
9%1
8
Minneapolis165.7 mi away
9%1
The top trips

Where Toqua Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Toqua Township works in goods: 100% of its jobs

Jobs based in Toqua TownshipJobs Toqua Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%9%
Trade, transport & utilities0%36%
Services: health, schools, offices0%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%18%
Over $3,333 a month100%82%

Who does it

29 or younger0%9%
30 to 54100%36%
55 and older0%55%
−33%

Jobs based in Toqua Township, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 6. 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 Toqua Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Toqua Township: about 24 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
182 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Toqua Township24 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Toqua Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Toqua Township gets to work
92%Drive alone
8%Walk

Share of the 13 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.

How far

How far Toqua Township’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGraceville: 18% · 6.7 miWheaton: 18% · 18.3 miMilbank: 18% · 22.8 miBrowns Valley: 9% · 13 miClarissa: 9% · 87.9 miMorris: 9% · 32.4 miFergus Falls: 9% · 56.4 miMinneapolis: 9% · 165.7 miGraceville 18%Wheaton 18%Milbank 18%Browns Valley 9%Toqua Township
Toqua TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi2 residents
45%10–24 mi5 residents
9%25–50 mi1 residents
27%Over 50 mi3 residents

About 27% 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.

Next door

Toqua Township and its neighbors

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Graceville Township18 min
Prior Township21 min
Browns Valley Township23 min
Toqua Township24 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownToqua Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Toqua Township–——24 min$143,125
Graceville Townshipunder 10%——18 min—
Browns Valley Townshipunder 10%——23 min—
Parnell Townshipunder 10%————
Prior Townshipunder 10%——21 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Graceville Township, Browns Valley Township, Parnell Township and Prior Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Toqua Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.
  • Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Toqua Township workers work outside Minnesota. The job records count 18% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Toqua Township: questions

What is the median household income in Toqua Township?

$143,125 (±$32,139) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Toqua Township?

0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Toqua Township?

24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Toqua Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Graceville (18%, 7 mi), Wheaton (18%, 18 mi), Milbank (18%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Toqua 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 Toqua Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Toqua Township

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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.