Winger Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
3 jobs are based in Winger Township for 64 working residents. Hardly any work in Winger Township itself; outside it, Crookston draws the most (14%, 32 miles). For 5% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Winger Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Winger Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 people from Winger Township work
Where Winger Township clocks in
14% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winger Township, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 3. 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 Winger Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Winger Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winger Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 124 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Winger Township
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.
Winger Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Knute Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winger Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winger Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $79,688 |
| Knute Township | 6% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Sletten Township | under 4% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Garden Township | under 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Bejou Township | under 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Knute Township, Sletten Township, Garden Township and Bejou Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winger 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 Winger Township: questions
What is the median household income in Winger Township?
$79,688 (±$39,855) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winger Township?
2.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winger Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winger Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crookston (14%, 32 mi), McIntosh (8%, 8 mi), Red Lake Falls (6%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winger Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winger Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winger 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.