Lake Carlos State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic District · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Carlos Township (1.1%) is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Carlos Township itself; outside it, Alexandria draws the most (50%, 7 miles). For jobs and income Carlos Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (D). Measured by household income, Carlos Township is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Carlos Township, in a few figures
More than half of Carlos Township works in Alexandria
477 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Alexandria, 7.1 miles away across the town line. That’s 25 times as many as work in Carlos Township itself. The commute map ↓
Carlos Township makes and builds things
63% of the jobs based in Carlos Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Carlos Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. 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 958 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Carlos Township: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Carlos Township’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carlos Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The towns that employ Carlos Township’s residents
Where Carlos Township clocks in
50% of workers
2% 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.
Goods, not services: 63% of the jobs in Carlos Township
418 jobs are based in Carlos Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carlos Township, 2013 → 2023: 509 → 418. 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 Carlos Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Carlos Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 938 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 398 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Carlos Township on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.44 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.
Getting to work from Carlos Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carlos Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,031 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 far Carlos Township goes to work
About 21% 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.
In Carlos Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,157 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). 1.2% of Carlos Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Carlos Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Carlos Township is 663rd of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100 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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| 18 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Empire MN | 3,063 | $148K | 1.9% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 661 | Posey Township IN | 2,893 | $84K | 3.6% | 2.7% | 7% | A− |
| 662 | Illinois Township KS | 2,134 | $106K | 7.8% | 11.0% | 1% | A− |
| 663 | Carlos Township MN | 2,261 | $104K | 2.7% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| 664 | Camanche Village CA | 2,291 | $156K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 0% | A− |
| 665 | Elgin SC | 2,360 | $78K | 2.9% | 1.0% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | 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 Carlos Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns next door employ 51% of Carlos Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carlos Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Township | – | A− | D | 21 min | $104,352 |
| Alexandria | 50% | C+ | A− | 18 min | $61,374 |
| Ida Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 21 min | $103,250 |
| Miltona Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Belle River Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Alexandria Township | 1% | A− | C | 21 min | $93,864 |
Same-state neighbors only. Miltona Township and Belle River Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Alexandria. Darker towns draw more of Carlos 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 Carlos Township: questions
What is the median household income in Carlos Township?
$104,352 (±$10,339) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carlos Township?
2.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carlos Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carlos Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alexandria (50%, 7 mi), La Grand Township (3%, 8 mi), Glenwood (2%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carlos Township walkable?
Carlos Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carlos Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carlos Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carlos 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.