Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Alexandria Township has lower unemployment (1.1%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Alexandria Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 2% stay in Alexandria Township for work; outside it, Alexandria is the main destination (51%, 3 miles). Measured by household income, Alexandria Township is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Alexandria Township apart
More than half of Alexandria Township works in Alexandria
709 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Alexandria, 3.3 miles away across the town line. That’s 26 times as many as work in Alexandria Township itself. The commute map ↓
Alexandria Township makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Alexandria Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Alexandria Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Most Alexandria Township residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Alexandria Township is a place people come home to
There are 355 jobs based in Alexandria Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Alexandria Township has about 2,100 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Alexandria Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Alexandria Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Alexandria Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Alexandria Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #130 of 273 in Minnesota. Unemployment holds Alexandria Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Alexandria Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Out of Alexandria Township to work: where people go
Where Alexandria Township clocks in
51% of workers
2% 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.
A place that makes things: 42% of Alexandria Township’s jobs are in goods
355 jobs are based in Alexandria Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alexandria Township, 2014 → 2024: 126 → 355. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alexandria Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Alexandria Township commutes
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Alexandria Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,357 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 333 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Alexandria Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.26 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 21 minutes to work from Alexandria Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alexandria Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,204 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.
Alexandria Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Alexandria Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #237 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Alexandria 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 1,385 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). 1.2% of Alexandria Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Alexandria Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Alexandria Township ranks: 940th of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 16 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 938 | Warwick Township PA | 2,599 | $105K | 4.7% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| 939 | Solomons MD | 2,440 | $95K | 0.6% | 3.1% | 6% | A− |
| 940 | Alexandria Township MN | 3,114 | $94K | 6.1% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| 941 | Centre Township PA | 2,560 | $90K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2% | A− |
| 942 | Manheim Township PA | 3,555 | $115K | 9.9% | 1.8% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Alexandria Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Alexandria Township and its neighbors: 57% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alexandria Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria Township | – | A− | C | 21 min | $93,864 |
| Alexandria | 51% | C+ | A− | 18 min | $61,374 |
| Osakis Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Nelson | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Carlos Township | 2% | A− | D | 21 min | $104,352 |
| Hudson Township | 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| La Grand Township | 2% | B | C | 21 min | $94,122 |
Same-state neighbors only. Osakis Township and Nelson: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Hudson Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Alexandria. Darker towns draw more of Alexandria 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 2024, 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 Alexandria Township: questions
What is the median household income in Alexandria Township?
$93,864 (±$8,449) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alexandria Township?
6.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alexandria 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 Alexandria Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alexandria (51%, 3 mi), Glenwood (2%, 16 mi), St. Cloud (2%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Alexandria Township walkable?
Alexandria Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Alexandria Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alexandria Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alexandria Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.