With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Tyro Township works elsewhere
Tyro Township has 29 jobs; 59 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Tyro Township for work; outside it, Canby is the main destination (15%, 18 miles). For 3% of workers, the job is at home, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Tyro Township
On a workday 59 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Tyro Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 Tyro Township commutes to
Where Tyro Township clocks in
14% 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: 90% of jobs based in Tyro Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tyro Township, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 29. 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 Tyro Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Tyro Township: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tyro Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 commuters (the 3% 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 many miles Tyro Township commutes
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.
Around Tyro Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tyro Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyro Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $77,143 |
| Friendship Township | under 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Ten Mile Lake Township | under 4% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Swede Prairie Township | under 4% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Omro Township | under 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Friendship Township, Ten Mile Lake Township, Swede Prairie Township and Omro Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tyro 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 Tyro Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tyro Township?
$77,143 (±$29,663) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tyro Township?
6.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tyro Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tyro Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canby (15%, 18 mi), Marshall (14%, 23 mi), Montevideo (12%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tyro 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 Tyro Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tyro 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.