Cannon Falls School · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Cannon Falls (1.7%) is lower than in 88% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A−: better than 76% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #133 of 273 in Minnesota.
Walkability A: more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns · #34 of 273 in Minnesota.
Household incomes here are higher than in 61% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26). About one in five work in Cannon Falls; the top destination outside it is St. Paul (6%, 32 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.4 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.2 in Minneapolis (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Cannon Falls
Cannon Falls trades workers with the towns around it
Cannon Falls has about as many jobs (2,047) as working residents (2,106), but they are mostly different people: 1,674 residents leave for work each day while 1,615 people come in. Only 21% of the jobs in Cannon Falls are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Cannon Falls makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Cannon Falls are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Cannon Falls residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
The quickest commute around
Cannon Falls’ 22-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 25 to 26 minutes. Next door ↓
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 Cannon Falls’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cannon Falls is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #133 of 273 in Minnesota. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cannon Falls could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,674 residents head out to work, 432 work right here, and 1,615 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 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.
Cannon Falls makes things: 46% of its jobs are in goods
2,047 jobs are based in Cannon Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cannon Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cannon Falls, 2013 → 2023: 1,888 → 2,047. 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.
6% of working residents work in St. Paul
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Cannon Falls clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 22 minutes each way, about the MN average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cannon Falls workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,068 commuters (the 9% 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 Cannon Falls commutes less than 24 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Cannon Falls 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, Cannon Falls is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #34 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Cannon Falls near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,275 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 37% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 37% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 8.2% of Cannon Falls households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Cannon Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
Cannon Falls is 1,020th of 4,195 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,700 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cannon Falls, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | 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+ |
| 17 | Elko New Market MN | 5,300 | $152K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,018 | Penn Township PA | 2,937 | $81K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 5% | A− |
| 1,019 | Woodbridge CA | 4,144 | $94K | 9.0% | 2.9% | 3% | A− |
| 1,020 | Cannon Falls MN | 4,209 | $84K | 9.2% | 1.7% | 21% | A− |
| 1,021 | Carroll Valley PA | 4,051 | $93K | 6.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A− |
| 1,022 | Linwood Township MN | 5,403 | $116K | 6.7% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,195 | 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.
Cannon Falls and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Cannon Falls’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cannon Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Falls | – | A− | A | 22 min | $84,097 |
| Cannon Falls Township | under 3% | B | B− | 25 min | $97,950 |
| Stanton Township | under 3% | A | B | 25 min | $129,539 |
| Randolph Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Douglas Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Hampton Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Randolph Township, Douglas Township and Hampton 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 Cannon Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Cannon Falls?
$84,097 (±$16,604) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cannon Falls?
9.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cannon Falls?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cannon Falls work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Paul (6%, 32 mi), Rochester (6%, 40 mi), Eagan (4%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cannon Falls walkable?
Cannon Falls is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cannon Falls without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 37% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cannon Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cannon Falls
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.