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Jobs & commute in Winchester Township

Work means Ada for about two in five of Winchester Township’s working residents

The trip to work takes 6 minutes on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home (Minnesota 18%). Hardly any stay in Winchester Township for work; outside it, Ada is the main destination (40%, 7 miles).

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

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Winchester Township

On a workday 5 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

5live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night41
Workday36
41live here− 5head out to work+ 0come in to work= 36on a workday

About 36 people are in Winchester Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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

The places Winchester Township commutes to

Ada: 2 residents work here (40%)St. Cloud: 1 residents work here (20%)Fargo: 1 residents work here (20%)Eckles Township: 1 residents work here (20%)Rockwell TownshipWinchester TownshipMary TownshipMcDonaldsville TownshipFelton TownshipAdaSt. CloudFargoEckles TownshipWinchester Township
1
Ada7.3 mi away
40%2
2
St. Cloud159.7 mi away
20%1
3
Fargo, ND27.8 mi away
20%1
4
Eckles Township73.8 mi away
20%1
The top trips

Where Winchester 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.

Time on the road

About 6 minutes to work from Winchester Township

A year of commuting
44 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 1.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Winchester Township6 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

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

About 1 in 10
How Winchester Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 22 commuters (the 8% 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Winchester Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAda: 40% · 7.3 miSt. Cloud: 20% · 159.7 miFargo: 20% · 27.8 miEckles Township: 20% · 73.8 miAda 40%St. Cloud 20%Fargo 20%Eckles Township 20%Winchester Township
Winchester TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
40%Under 10 mi2 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
20%25–50 mi1 residents
40%Over 50 mi2 residents

About 40% 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 Winchester Township

Rockwell Township: few work hereFelton Township: few work hereMcDonaldsville Township: few work hereMary Township: few work hereRockwell TownshipFelton TownshipMcDonaldsville TownshipMary TownshipWinchester Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Winchester Township6 min
McDonaldsville Township14 min
Felton Township30 min
Mary Township34 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownWinchester Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Winchester Township–——6 min$91,875
Rockwell Townshipunder 20%————
Felton Townshipunder 20%——30 min—
McDonaldsville Townshipunder 20%——14 min—
Mary Townshipunder 20%——34 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Rockwell Township, Felton Township, McDonaldsville Township and Mary Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Winchester 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 Winchester Township: questions

What is the median household income in Winchester Township?

$91,875 (±$37,231) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Winchester Township?

6.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Winchester Township?

6 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Winchester Township work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Winchester 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 Winchester Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Winchester Township

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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.