For more than half of its working residents, Canosia Township is a commute to Duluth
For 11% of workers, the job is at home (Minnesota 18%). The two grades for Canosia Township are B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 3% work in Canosia Township; the top destination outside it is Duluth (54%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Canosia Township apart
The better-paid jobs are outside Canosia Township
66% of Canosia Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Canosia Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Canosia Township pay little
28% of the jobs based in Canosia Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 34% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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 957 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Canosia Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Canosia Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Canosia Township’s grade up (4.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (8.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Canosia Township could be anywhere from C to A.
What Canosia Township’s employers do
408 jobs are based in Canosia Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canosia Township, 2013 → 2023: 265 → 408. 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 Canosia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Canosia Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 926 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 377 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Canosia Township on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.43 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.
Out of Canosia Township to work: where people go
Where Canosia Township clocks in
54% of workers
4% 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.
Commuting from Canosia Township: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Canosia Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,030 commuters (the 11% 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.
How many miles Canosia Township commutes
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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Canosia Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Canosia Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Canosia Township 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 1,162 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 3% 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 2.1% of Canosia Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Canosia Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000, Canosia Township comes 2,231st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 20 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
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| 24 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
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| 39 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
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| 2,229 | Ogden KS | 1,655 | $68K | 5.9% | 6.0% | 1% | B− |
| 2,230 | Penn Township MI | 1,768 | $84K | 9.3% | 8.2% | 5% | B− |
| 2,231 | Canosia Township MN | 2,187 | $88K | 4.9% | 8.1% | 3% | B− |
| 2,232 | Barrington NY | 1,526 | $91K | 5.9% | 0.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,233 | Aurelius NY | 2,643 | $94K | 9.7% | 4.7% | 7% | B− |
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| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Canosia Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns next door employ 62% of Canosia Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Canosia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canosia Township | – | B− | C+ | 22 min | $87,667 |
| Rice Lake | under 2% | A− | C+ | 22 min | $89,663 |
| Duluth | 54% | C+ | A+ | 17 min | $68,807 |
| Fredenberg Township | under 2% | A | C− | 32 min | $125,398 |
| Hermantown | 8% | A− | C+ | 18 min | $90,849 |
| Grand Lake Township | under 2% | B− | D | 30 min | $100,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Duluth. Darker towns draw more of Canosia 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 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 Canosia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Canosia Township?
$87,667 (±$18,562) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canosia Township?
4.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canosia Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canosia Township work?
3% work in town.
Is Canosia Township walkable?
Canosia Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Canosia Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Canosia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canosia 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.