Photo: WikiMRV/M.R. Voigt · CC BY-SA 3.0Clearwater Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For jobs and income Clearwater Township is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (D). There are 194 jobs in Clearwater Township; 600 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Clearwater Township, in a few figures
Where Clearwater Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Clearwater Township’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, Clearwater Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
About 31 minutes to work from Clearwater Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clearwater Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 654 commuters (the 13% 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.
A workday in Clearwater Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 592 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Clearwater Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
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 St. Cloud
Where Clearwater Township clocks in
13% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Clearwater Township: what the 194 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clearwater Township, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 194. 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 Clearwater Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Clearwater Township commutes
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 commute in Clearwater Township is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Minnesota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 755 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). 1.3% of Clearwater Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clearwater Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Clearwater Township ranks: 305th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 9 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 33 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 303 | Big Grove Township IL | 1,655 | $115K | 3.2% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| 304 | West Mountain UT | 1,282 | $112K | 1.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A |
| 305 | Clearwater Township MN | 1,421 | $114K | 3.3% | 3.7% | 1% | A |
| 306 | Monroe Township IL | 1,428 | $93K | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| 307 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Clearwater Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Clearwater Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Clearwater (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clearwater Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater Township | – | A | D | 31 min | $113,750 |
| Lynden Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 30 min | $112,083 |
| Clearwater | 6% | A− | B+ | 31 min | $91,346 |
| Clear Lake Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 32 min | $90,938 |
| Corinna Township | under 3% | A− | C | 30 min | $87,635 |
| Silver Creek Township | 2% | A | C | 31 min | $115,872 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clearwater 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 Clearwater Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clearwater Township?
$113,750 (±$30,623) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clearwater Township?
3.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clearwater Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clearwater Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (13%, 13 mi), Monticello (7%, 14 mi), Clearwater (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clearwater Township walkable?
Clearwater Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clearwater 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 Clearwater Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clearwater 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.