Most of Windemere Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Windemere Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D. Windemere Township has 194 jobs, against 698 working residents. Only 3% work in Windemere Township itself; outside it, Moose Lake draws the most (16%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Windemere Township apart on work
Windemere Township and Moose Lake trade workers both ways
Moose Lake is the top workplace for Windemere Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Windemere Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Windemere Township is a place people come home to
There are 194 jobs based in Windemere Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Windemere Township has about 1,200 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 698 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Windemere Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Windemere Township is better than 41% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Windemere Township’s grade up ($85,982, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Windemere Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Windemere Township could be anywhere from C to B.
The towns that employ Windemere Township’s residents
Where Windemere Township clocks in
16% of workers
9% 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.
Who leaves Windemere Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 676 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Windemere Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Half of Windemere Township commutes less than 29 miles
About 31% 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.
What Windemere Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windemere Township, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 194. 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 Windemere Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Windemere Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windemere Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 711 commuters (the 14% 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.
Windemere Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Windemere Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Windemere Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 823 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Windemere Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Windemere Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Windemere Township comes 2,732nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 27 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 29 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,730 | Edwards Township MI | 1,396 | $72K | 4.8% | 1.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,731 | Hudson ME | 1,483 | $68K | 6.5% | 0.5% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,732 | Windemere Township MN | 1,667 | $86K | 7.8% | 4.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,733 | Morgan Township OH | 2,247 | $74K | 6.4% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,734 | Scott Township OH | 1,334 | $76K | 11.7% | 10.1% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Windemere Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
How Windemere Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Windemere Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windemere Township | – | C+ | D | 26 min | $85,982 |
| Norman Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Moose Lake Township | under 3% | B− | D | 24 min | $86,696 |
| Sturgeon Lake | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Sturgeon Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Kerrick Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Norman Township, Sturgeon Lake, Sturgeon Lake Township and Kerrick Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Windemere 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 Windemere Township: questions
What is the median household income in Windemere Township?
$85,982 (±$7,489) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windemere Township?
7.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windemere Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windemere Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moose Lake (16%, 6 mi), Duluth (9%, 40 mi), Cloquet (6%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Windemere Township walkable?
Windemere Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Windemere Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Windemere Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windemere 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.