John G. Lund House · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Canby are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns
For 10% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%. 14.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.3% across Minnesota. The two grades for Canby are D for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Canby stands out on work
Canby’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Canby is Marshall, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (106) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Many jobs in Canby pay little
28% of the jobs based in Canby pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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 786 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Canby
On income, poverty and job access, Canby is better than 11% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Canby’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.7%) is left out: Canby’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, Canby could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How many miles Canby commutes
About 25% 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.
The 988 jobs based in Canby
988 jobs are based in Canby.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canby, 2013 → 2023: 747 → 988. 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 Canby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Canby on a workday
On a workday 482 residents head out to work, 304 work right here, and 684 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Canby on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Marshall
Where Canby clocks in
13% 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.
Time on the road from Canby: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Canby workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 567 commuters (the 10% 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.
Canby is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Canby is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 7.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 628 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). 8.0% of Canby households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Canby’s commuters take a bus or train.
Canby places 4,766th of 5,760 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,764 | Oberlin KS | 1,606 | $52K | 11.5% | 2.5% | 37% | D |
| 4,765 | Ada MN | 1,712 | $64K | 16.8% | 7.2% | 38% | D |
| 4,766 | Canby MN | 1,674 | $58K | 14.9% | 6.7% | 39% | D |
| 4,767 | Bridgeport NE | 1,421 | $60K | 15.5% | 9.3% | 29% | D |
| 4,768 | Blue Creek Township IN | 1,600 | $59K | 26.0% | 3.7% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Canby, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work in the towns next to Canby
The biggest share goes to Norman Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Canby workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canby | – | D | A− | 20 min | $58,365 |
| Norman Township | 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Hammer Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Norman Township and Hammer Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Canby’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 Canby: questions
What is the median household income in Canby?
$58,365 (±$12,608) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canby?
14.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canby?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canby work?
39% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (13%, 30 mi), Norman Township (3%, 4 mi), Montevideo (2%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Canby walkable?
Canby is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Canby without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Canby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canby
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.