Milford Mine Historic District · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Wolford Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
12.0% of residents are in poverty, where Minnesota as a whole has 9.3%. 3 jobs are based in Wolford Township, and 113 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Wolford Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 113 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Wolford Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
13% of working residents work in Crosby
Where Wolford Township clocks in
13% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 67% of the jobs in Wolford Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wolford Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 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 Wolford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 21 minutes in Wolford Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wolford Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 commuters (the 18% 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 it is to work from Wolford Township
About 42% 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.
The towns next door employ 13% of Wolford Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wolford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolford Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $74,063 |
| Perry Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Center Township | under 3% | C | D | 24 min | $74,554 |
| Mission Township | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Cuyuna | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Trommald | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Irondale Township | under 3% | B− | C | 29 min | $86,591 |
| Rabbit Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Crosby | 13% | D | A− | 22 min | $41,554 |
Same-state neighbors only. Perry Lake Township, Mission Township, Cuyuna, Trommald and Rabbit Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Crosby. Darker towns draw more of Wolford 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 Wolford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wolford Township?
$74,063 (±$18,608) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wolford Township?
12.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wolford Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wolford Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crosby (13%, 4 mi), Brainerd (12%, 16 mi), Aitkin (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wolford Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wolford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wolford 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.