Unemployment in Brockway Township (1.1%) is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A: better than 93% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #61 of 273 in Minnesota.
Walkability C: more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns · #240 of 273 in Minnesota.
Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Brockway Township; the top destination outside it is St. Cloud (32%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Brockway Township, in brief
Brockway Township makes and builds things
71% of the jobs based in Brockway Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Brockway Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Brockway Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Brockway Township fell from 893 in 2013 to 542 in 2023, −39%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Brockway Township pay over $40,000 a year
77% of the jobs based in Brockway Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
One in three of Brockway Township works in St. Cloud
465 working residents, 32%, have their main job in St. Cloud, 15 miles away. That’s 16 times as many as work in Brockway Township itself. The commute map ↓
Brockway Township empties out on a workday
About 2,100 people are in Brockway Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 3,000 who live here: 1,400 head out to work and 520 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
What’s behind Brockway Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brockway Township is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #61 of 273 in Minnesota. Unemployment holds Brockway Township’s grade up (1.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% 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, Brockway Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Brockway Township makes things: 71% of its jobs are in goods
542 jobs are based in Brockway Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brockway Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brockway Township, 2013 → 2023: 893 → 542. 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.
32% of working residents work in St. Cloud
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Brockway Township clocks in
32% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Brockway Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,446 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 515 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Brockway Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.37 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.
About 25 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brockway Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,390 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Brockway Township commutes less than 12 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 2023.
Most trips from Brockway Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brockway Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #240 of 273 in Minnesota. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,607 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 0.0 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). 0.5% of Brockway Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brockway Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brockway Township is 289th of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Brockway Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 17 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 287 | Germantown Hills IL | 3,436 | $147K | 5.4% | 2.1% | 3% | A |
| 288 | Lake Township IN | 2,917 | $87K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 3% | A |
| 289 | Brockway Township MN | 3,016 | $116K | 2.8% | 1.1% | 2% | A |
| 290 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| 291 | Marion Township OH | 3,269 | $101K | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | 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.
Brockway Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Rice (2%). Darker towns draw more of Brockway Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brockway Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brockway Township | – | A | C | 25 min | $116,250 |
| Watab Township | under 2% | A− | D | 23 min | $99,018 |
| Langola Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 29 min | $114,167 |
| Holding Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 28 min | $99,073 |
| Rice | 2% | A | B− | 24 min | $107,692 |
| St. Wendel Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 26 min | $105,057 |
| Le Sauk Township | under 2% | A− | C | 22 min | $94,167 |
| Two Rivers Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Two Rivers Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Brockway Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brockway Township?
$116,250 (±$9,514) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brockway Township?
2.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brockway Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brockway Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (32%, 15 mi), Sartell (8%, 8 mi), Waite Park (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brockway Township walkable?
Brockway Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brockway Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brockway Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brockway 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.