Households in Belgrade Township have higher incomes than those in 93% of U.S. towns
1.8% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.3% across Minnesota. For jobs and income Belgrade Township is better than 90% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (D). Hardly any work in Belgrade Township; the top destination outside it is Mankato (28%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Belgrade Township
A lot of Belgrade Township works one town over
40% of working residents work in a town that borders Belgrade Township: Mankato (28%) and North Mankato (12%). Next door ↓
Belgrade Township is a place people come home to
There are 145 jobs based in Belgrade Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Belgrade Township has about 660 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Belgrade Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Minnesota worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 485 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Belgrade Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Belgrade Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Belgrade 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, Belgrade Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
A workday in Belgrade Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 482 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Belgrade Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.30 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.
Each way, about 18 minutes from Belgrade Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belgrade Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 518 commuters (the 12% 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.
Out of Belgrade Township to work: where people go
Where Belgrade Township clocks in
28% 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.
Making and building: 63% of jobs based in Belgrade Township
145 jobs are based in Belgrade Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belgrade Township, 2014 → 2024: 129 → 145. 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 Belgrade Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Belgrade Township
About 17% 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.
For most of Belgrade Township, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 591 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). 2.6% of Belgrade Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Belgrade Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Belgrade Township comes 126th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 6 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 21 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 23 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 124 | Long Beach IN | 1,158 | $122K | 3.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
| 125 | Earlham IA | 1,396 | $115K | 4.7% | 4.2% | 6% | A |
| 126 | Belgrade Township MN | 1,002 | $135K | 1.8% | 1.3% | 1% | A |
| 127 | Point Venture TX | 1,233 | $111K | 4.7% | 4.5% | 2% | A |
| 128 | Mantua UT | 1,389 | $142K | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Belgrade Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work next door: 40% of Belgrade Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belgrade Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgrade Township | – | A | D | 18 min | $135,000 |
| North Mankato | 12% | A− | B+ | 15 min | $80,791 |
| South Bend Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 16 min | $87,500 |
| Lime Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Kasota Township | under 2% | A | C | 21 min | $119,500 |
| Mankato | 28% | B− | A− | 14 min | $66,873 |
| Nicollet Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Oshawa Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lime Township, Nicollet Township and Oshawa Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mankato. Darker towns draw more of Belgrade 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 Belgrade Township: questions
What is the median household income in Belgrade Township?
$135,000 (±$27,598) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belgrade Township?
1.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belgrade Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belgrade Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mankato (28%, 5 mi), St. Peter (14%, 9 mi), North Mankato (12%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Belgrade Township walkable?
Belgrade Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belgrade Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belgrade Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belgrade 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.