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Jobs & commute in Wang Township

Wang Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Wang Township has 10 jobs, against 129 working residents. Hardly any work in Wang Township; the top destination outside it is Granite Falls (13%, 6 miles). At home: 5% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%).

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

Day and night

Who works in Wang Township, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 129 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.

129live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
10work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night240
Workday120
240live here− 130head out to work+ 10come in to work= 120on a workday

About 120 people are in Wang Township on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs 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

Out of Wang Township to work: where people go

Sacred Heart: 7 residents work here (5%)Renville: 11 residents work here (9%)Bird Island: 2 residents work here (2%)Clara City: 2 residents work here (2%)Olivia: 14 residents work here (11%)BreckenridgeGranite Falls: 17 residents work here (13%)Montevideo: 2 residents work here (2%)Willmar: 8 residents work here (6%)Hawk Creek TownshipSacred Heart TownshipWinfield TownshipMinnesota Falls Township: 3 residents work here (2%)Granite Falls TownshipEmmet Township: 6 residents work here (5%)Hazel Run TownshipCrooks TownshipTroy TownshipWang TownshipEricson TownshipGranite FallsOliviaRenvilleWillmarSacred HeartEmmet TownshipWang Township
1
Granite Falls6.5 mi away
13%17
2
Olivia21.4 mi away
11%14
3
Renville11.3 mi away
9%11
4
Willmar26 mi away
6%8
5
Sacred Heart5.7 mi away
5%7
6
Emmet Township13.5 mi away
5%6
8
Bird Island26.5 mi away
2%2
9
Clara City8.1 mi away
2%2
10
Montevideo16 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%57
The top trips

Where Wang 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

Making and building: 60% of jobs based in Wang Township

Jobs based in Wang TownshipJobs Wang Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms60%21%
Trade, transport & utilities30%24%
Services: health, schools, offices10%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less50%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%21%
Over $3,333 a month20%62%

Who does it

29 or younger0%28%
30 to 5470%56%
55 and older30%16%
−41%

Jobs based in Wang Township, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 10. 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 Wang Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Wang Township: about 24 minutes

A year of commuting
187 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Wang Township24 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

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

About 1 in 10
How Wang Township gets to work
81%Drive alone
8%Carpool
9%Walk

Share of the 106 commuters (the 5% 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

Miles to work from Wang Township

10 mi25 mi30 miGranite Falls: 13% · 6.5 miOlivia: 11% · 21.4 miRenville: 9% · 11.3 miWillmar: 6% · 26 miSacred Heart: 5% · 5.7 miEmmet Township: 5% · 13.5 miMinnesota Falls Township: 2% · 9.2 miBird Island: 2% · 26.5 miClara City: 2% · 8.1 miMontevideo: 2% · 16 miGranite Falls 13%Olivia 11%Renville 9%Willmar 6%Sacred Heart 5%Wang Township
Wang TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
24%Under 10 mi31 residents
37%10–24 mi48 residents
12%25–50 mi16 residents
26%Over 50 mi34 residents

About 26% 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

Next door to Wang Township

Granite Falls Township: few work hereHawk Creek Township: few work hereEricson Township: few work hereGranite Falls TownshipHawk Creek TownshipEricson TownshipWang Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Granite Falls Township12 min
Hawk Creek Township17 min
Ericson Township21 min
Wang Township24 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownWang Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Wang Township–——24 min$98,438
Granite Falls Townshipunder 2%——12 min—
Hawk Creek Townshipunder 2%——17 min—
Ericson Townshipunder 2%——21 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Granite Falls Township, Hawk Creek Township and Ericson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Wang 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.
  • 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 Wang Township: questions

What is the median household income in Wang Township?

$98,438 (±$10,551) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Wang Township?

5.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Wang Township?

24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Wang Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Granite Falls (13%, 6 mi), Olivia (11%, 21 mi), Renville (9%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Wang Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Wang Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Wang Township

Wang Township home →

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.