Households in Aurdal Township have higher incomes than those in 89% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 3.8% of residents, next to 9.3% across Minnesota. The two grades for Aurdal Township are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Home is the office for 11% of workers; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Aurdal Township at work: what stands out
More than half of Aurdal Township works in Fergus Falls
396 working residents, 56%, have their main job in Fergus Falls, 6.3 miles away across the town line. That’s 28 times as many as work in Aurdal Township itself. The commute map ↓
Aurdal Township is a place people come home to
There are 185 jobs based in Aurdal Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Aurdal Township has about 1,000 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Aurdal Township residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 712 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Aurdal Township
On income, poverty and job access, Aurdal Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Aurdal Township’s grade up ($123,229, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Aurdal 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, Aurdal Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
56% of working residents work in Fergus Falls
Where Aurdal Township clocks in
56% of workers
3% 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 workday in Aurdal Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 699 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Aurdal Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The commute from Aurdal Township, by distance
About 23% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 43% of the jobs in Aurdal Township
185 jobs are based in Aurdal Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aurdal Township, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 185. 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 Aurdal Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aurdal Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 729 commuters (the 11% 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.
The commute in Aurdal Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 817 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). 0.0% of Aurdal Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Aurdal Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
995th of 5,794: where Aurdal Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 993 | Paynesville Township MN | 1,494 | $104K | 4.7% | 0.5% | 6% | B+ |
| 994 | Hope Township NJ | 1,875 | $106K | 8.7% | 3.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 995 | Aurdal Township MN | 1,564 | $123K | 3.8% | 1.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 996 | French Lake Township MN | 1,259 | $105K | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 997 | Eden Lake Township MN | 1,661 | $107K | 4.0% | 1.3% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Aurdal Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Bordering towns draw 56% of Aurdal Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Aurdal Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurdal Township | – | B+ | C− | 18 min | $123,229 |
| Fergus Falls | 56% | C− | A− | 13 min | $56,162 |
| Fergus Falls Township | under 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Sverdrup Township | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Dane Prairie Township | under 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Friberg Township | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fergus Falls Township, Sverdrup Township, Dane Prairie Township and Friberg Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fergus Falls. Darker towns draw more of Aurdal 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 Aurdal Township: questions
What is the median household income in Aurdal Township?
$123,229 (±$16,631) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aurdal Township?
3.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aurdal Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aurdal Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fergus Falls (56%, 6 mi), Fargo (3%, 54 mi), Alexandria (2%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Aurdal Township walkable?
Aurdal Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Aurdal Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aurdal Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aurdal 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.