With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Westline Township works elsewhere
Westline Township has 4 jobs for 63 working residents. Hardly any work in Westline Township itself; outside it, Redwood Falls draws the most (10%, 23 miles). Home is the office for 30% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Westline Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 63 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 92 people are in Westline 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.
Commuting out of Westline Township: the destinations
Where Westline Township clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
Westline Township works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Westline Township, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 4. 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 Westline Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Westline Township, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Westline Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 75 commuters (the 30% 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.
Where in the region Westline Township works
About 30% 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.
How Westline Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Westline Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westline Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $89,375 |
| Underwood Township | under 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Clifton Township | under 4% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Gales Township | under 4% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Granite Rock Township | under 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Underwood Township, Clifton Township, Gales Township and Granite Rock Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Westline 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 Westline Township: questions
What is the median household income in Westline Township?
$89,375 (±$33,643) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Westline Township?
4.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Westline Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Westline Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Redwood Falls (10%, 23 mi), Marshall (10%, 13 mi), Walnut Grove (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Westline 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 Westline Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Westline 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.