Photo: Heartofthelakes · CC BY-SA 4.0Annandale has lower household incomes than 65% of U.S. towns
10% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Minnesota. The poverty rate is 8.9%, next to 9.3% for Minnesota as a whole. Annandale grades B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Annandale: the gist
Annandale trades workers with the towns around it
Annandale has about as many jobs (1,763) as working residents (1,531), but they are mostly different people: 1,273 residents leave for work each day while 1,505 people come in. Only 15% of the jobs in Annandale are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Annandale workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Why Annandale gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Annandale is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #211 of 273 in Minnesota. Unemployment holds Annandale’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($65,583, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Annandale could be anywhere from D to A.
How a workday changes Annandale
On a workday 1,273 residents head out to work, 258 work right here, and 1,505 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How long Annandale spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Annandale workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,355 commuters (the 10% 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.
7% of working residents work in Buffalo
Where Annandale clocks in
5% 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.
What Annandale’s employers do
1,763 jobs are based in Annandale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Annandale, 2013 → 2023: 1,345 → 1,763. 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 Annandale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Annandale commutes
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.
Getting around Annandale: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Annandale is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #181 of 273 in Minnesota. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Minnesota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,507 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). 8.4% of Annandale households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Annandale’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Annandale ranks: 2,287th of 4,153 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,285 | Manila AR | 3,773 | $56K | 8.5% | 1.9% | 18% | B− |
| 2,286 | Hahira GA | 3,595 | $71K | 6.6% | 4.8% | 7% | B− |
| 2,287 | Annandale MN | 3,801 | $66K | 8.9% | 3.9% | 17% | B− |
| 2,288 | Inman SC | 3,458 | $64K | 15.4% | 3.5% | 3% | B− |
| 2,289 | Benton ME | 2,821 | $61K | 10.0% | 1.7% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,153 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Annandale, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Annandale and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Corinna Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Annandale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annandale | – | B− | B− | 29 min | $65,583 |
| Corinna Township | 2% | A− | C | 30 min | $87,635 |
| Southside Township | under 2% | B− | D | 35 min | $81,429 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Annandale’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 Annandale: questions
What is the median household income in Annandale?
$65,583 (±$29,849) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Annandale?
8.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Annandale?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Annandale work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Buffalo (7%, 14 mi), Maple Lake (5%, 6 mi), St. Cloud (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Annandale walkable?
Annandale is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Annandale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Annandale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Annandale
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.