Photo: Skvader · CC BY-SA 4.0Avon Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Avon Township is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns. Employers in Avon Township report 149 jobs, and 920 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Avon Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Avon Township
Income, poverty and work: Avon Township’s grade explained
Unemployment holds Avon Township’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% 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, Avon Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
How a workday changes Avon Township
On a workday 902 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Avon Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
24% of working residents work in St. Cloud
Where Avon Township clocks in
24% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Avon Township: what the 149 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avon Township, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 149. 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 Avon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Avon Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Avon Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,013 commuters (the 6% 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 Avon Township
About 16% 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 Avon Township gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,080 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.0% of Avon Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Avon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
574th of 5,404: where Avon Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
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| 37 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
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| 48 | Stillwater Township MN | 1,831 | $162K | 3.4% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 572 | Elm Springs AR | 2,852 | $132K | 11.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A− |
| 573 | Woodland Hills UT | 1,707 | $152K | 5.6% | 2.0% | 2% | A− |
| 574 | Avon Township MN | 2,154 | $108K | 5.3% | 1.8% | 2% | A− |
| 575 | Leet Township PA | 1,551 | $93K | 6.3% | 3.8% | 2% | A− |
| 576 | Elwood IL | 2,237 | $86K | 8.1% | 1.6% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Avon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around Avon Township
The biggest share goes to Collegeville Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Avon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Township | – | A− | C− | 27 min | $107,917 |
| Holding Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 28 min | $99,073 |
| Collegeville Township | 3% | B | B | 18 min | $115,909 |
| St. Wendel Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 26 min | $105,057 |
| Albany Township | under 2% | A | C | 26 min | $127,946 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Avon 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 Avon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Avon Township?
$107,917 (±$11,686) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avon Township?
5.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avon Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avon Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (24%, 15 mi), Albany (10%, 5 mi), Avon (9%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Avon Township walkable?
Avon Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Avon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avon 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.