Acoma Township’s household incomes are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Hardly any stay in Acoma Township for work; outside it, Hutchinson is the main destination (42%, 4 miles). Poverty touches 2.6% of residents; Minnesota has 9.3%. Acoma Township grades A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Acoma Township, in a few figures
Acoma Township and Hutchinson trade workers both ways
Hutchinson is the top workplace for Acoma Township residents (42%) and also where the most people who work in Acoma Township come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Acoma Township is a place people come home to
There are 100 jobs based in Acoma Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Acoma Township has about 680 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 555 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Acoma Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Acoma Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Acoma Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.6%) is left out: Acoma 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, Acoma Township could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
The towns that employ Acoma Township’s residents
Where Acoma Township clocks in
42% of workers
6% of workers
2% 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 works in Acoma Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 550 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Acoma Township on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.18 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.
In Acoma Township, 82% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
100 jobs are based in Acoma Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Acoma Township, 2013 → 2023: 212 → 100. 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 Acoma Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Acoma Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Acoma Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 548 commuters (the 13% 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 Acoma Township
About 19% 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.
Driving is how Acoma Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Acoma Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 627 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). 2.4% of Acoma Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Acoma Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Acoma Township comes 386th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 24 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 26 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 384 | Bridgeton Township PA | 1,228 | $82K | 5.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A− |
| 385 | Douglas MI | 1,411 | $82K | 4.4% | 1.0% | 9% | A− |
| 386 | Acoma Township MN | 1,135 | $126K | 2.6% | 4.6% | 1% | A− |
| 387 | Mason NH | 1,460 | $111K | 4.7% | 2.7% | 7% | A− |
| 388 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Acoma Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns next door employ 44% of Acoma Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Acoma Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acoma Township | – | A− | C− | 21 min | $126,250 |
| Hutchinson | 42% | C+ | A− | 19 min | $72,836 |
| Cedar Mills Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Lynn Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Ellsworth Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Hutchinson Township | 2% | B+ | C | 24 min | $108,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cedar Mills Township, Lynn Township and Ellsworth Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hutchinson. Darker towns draw more of Acoma 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 Acoma Township: questions
What is the median household income in Acoma Township?
$126,250 (±$11,066) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Acoma Township?
2.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Acoma Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Acoma Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hutchinson (42%, 4 mi), Glencoe (6%, 18 mi), St. Paul (2%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Acoma Township walkable?
Acoma Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Acoma Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Acoma Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Acoma 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.