Photo: In memoriam afiler · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Viking Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Viking Township report 5 jobs, and 73 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Viking Township for work; outside it, Thief River Falls is the main destination (37%, 14 miles). 8% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Viking Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 73 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Viking Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Where Viking Township’s working residents head each day
Where Viking 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.
Goods jobs make up 40% of work in Viking Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Viking Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 5. 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 Viking Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Viking Township, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Viking Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 129 commuters (the 9% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Viking Township
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 Viking Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Viking Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viking Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $102,917 |
| Numedal Township | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| New Solum Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Marsh Grove Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Comstock Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Helgeland Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Numedal Township, New Solum Township, Marsh Grove Township, Comstock Township and Helgeland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Viking 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 Viking Township: questions
What is the median household income in Viking Township?
$102,917 (±$18,799) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Viking Township?
10.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Viking Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Viking Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thief River Falls (37%, 14 mi), Newfolden (8%, 10 mi), Middle River (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Viking 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 Viking Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Viking 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.