Photo: JeaLeone · CC BY-SA 4.0Trout Lake Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
26 jobs are based in Trout Lake Township; 452 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Trout Lake Township C; getting around on foot earns it C−. For 10% of workers, the job is at home, 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
Work in Trout Lake Township, in a few figures
Trout Lake Township is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Trout Lake Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Trout Lake Township has about 660 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Trout Lake Township and Grand Rapids trade workers both ways
Grand Rapids is the top workplace for Trout Lake Township residents (39%) and also where the most people who work in Trout Lake Township come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Trout Lake Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (19 to 29 minutes). 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 452 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Trout Lake Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Trout Lake Township is better than 32% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Trout Lake Township’s grade up (9.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (11.7%) is left out: Trout Lake Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Trout Lake Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Trout Lake Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 452 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Trout Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
39% of working residents work in Grand Rapids
Where Trout Lake Township clocks in
39% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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 Trout Lake Township takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trout Lake Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 381 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.
65% of the jobs in Trout Lake Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trout Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 26. 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 Trout Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Trout Lake Township
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.
The commute in Trout Lake Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Trout Lake Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 422 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). 2.9% of Trout Lake Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Trout Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Trout Lake Township ranks 2,008th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,006 | Middleburg PA | 1,302 | $59K | 9.7% | 3.1% | 9% | C |
| 2,007 | Custer Township MI | 1,313 | $56K | 4.5% | 7.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,008 | Trout Lake Township MN | 1,084 | $71K | 9.1% | 11.7% | 0% | C |
| 2,009 | Bratton Township OH | 1,381 | $53K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 0% | C |
| 2,010 | Rose Township PA | 1,118 | $71K | 9.1% | 1.5% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Trout Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Trout Lake Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Coleraine (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Trout Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Lake Township | – | C | C− | 32 min | $71,136 |
| Coleraine | 5% | C+ | B− | 19 min | $74,716 |
| Blackberry Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Bovey | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Taconite | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Feeley Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Blackberry Township, Bovey, Taconite and Feeley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Trout Lake 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 Trout Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Trout Lake Township?
$71,136 (±$12,117) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trout Lake Township?
9.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trout Lake Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trout Lake Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (39%, 5 mi), Hibbing (6%, 24 mi), Coleraine (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Trout Lake Township walkable?
Trout Lake Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Trout Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Trout Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trout Lake 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.