State Prison Historic District · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Bayport are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
3.7% of residents are in poverty; Minnesota has 9.3%. Bayport grades A+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in ten work in Bayport itself; outside it, Minneapolis draws the most (10%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bayport, in a few figures
Bayport makes and builds things
75% of the jobs based in Bayport are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bayport residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Bayport has far more jobs than workers
Bayport has 5,220 jobs, 3.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,400 people are in town, 98% more than the 3,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Bayport has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bayport went from 3,284 in 2013 to 5,220 in 2023, +59%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Bayport pay better than its residents’ jobs
88% of the jobs based in Bayport pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 68% of the jobs Bayport residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Bayport. The jobs ↓
Bayport’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bayport is Minneapolis, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (163) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Bayport’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bayport is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #22 of 273 in Minnesota. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bayport’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bayport could be anywhere from A to A+.
Bayport works in goods: 75% of its jobs
5,220 jobs are based in Bayport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bayport, 2013 → 2023: 3,284 → 5,220. 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 Bayport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bayport by day and by night
On a workday 1,427 residents head out to work, 130 work right here, and 5,090 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,400 people are in Bayport on a workday afternoon, 98% more than live here.
3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 Bayport, by distance
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.
Commuting in to Bayport: where workers come from
Where Bayport clocks in
10% 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.
How long Bayport spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bayport workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,196 commuters (the 15% 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.
For most of Bayport, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bayport is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #202 of 273 in Minnesota. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,412 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). 3.9% of Bayport households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bayport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bayport is 99th of 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Hayfield VA | 4,392 | $192K | 1.8% | 3.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 98 | Lakewood IL | 4,293 | $174K | 3.5% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 99 | Bayport MN | 3,721 | $126K | 3.7% | 1.8% | 8% | A+ |
| 100 | East Amwell Township NJ | 3,952 | $152K | 1.9% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 101 | Union Mill VA | 4,484 | $250K | 4.4% | 2.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | 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 Bayport, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around Bayport
The biggest share goes to Oak Park Heights (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bayport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayport | – | A+ | C+ | 23 min | $125,893 |
| Baytown Township | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 23 min | $188,125 |
| Oak Park Heights | 5% | A− | A− | 24 min | $82,476 |
| West Lakeland Township | under 2% | A+ | B− | 23 min | $216,310 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bayport’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 Bayport: questions
What is the median household income in Bayport?
$125,893 (±$23,552) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bayport?
3.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bayport?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bayport work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (10%, 24 mi), Stillwater (10%, 4 mi), St. Paul (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bayport walkable?
Bayport is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bayport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bayport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bayport
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.