District No. 107 School · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Corcoran are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Corcoran are A+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 3.6% of residents, where Minnesota as a whole has 9.3%. Working from home is the commute for 29% of workers; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Corcoran at work: what stands out
Corcoran makes and builds things
55% of the jobs based in Corcoran are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Corcoran residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Corcoran works from home
29% of Corcoran workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Time on the road ↓
Corcoran has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Corcoran went from 1,032 in 2013 to 1,458 in 2023, +41%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Corcoran pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Corcoran pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Corcoran’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Corcoran is among the top U.S. towns, #16 of 273 in Minnesota. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Corcoran’s grade. 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, Corcoran could be anywhere from A to A+.
Corcoran works in goods: 55% of its jobs
1,458 jobs are based in Corcoran.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corcoran, 2013 → 2023: 1,032 → 1,458. 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 Corcoran’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Corcoran
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corcoran workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,501 commuters (the 29% 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 people are in Corcoran by day
On a workday 3,318 residents head out to work, 88 work right here, and 1,370 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Corcoran on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
15% of working residents work in Minneapolis
Where Corcoran clocks in
15% of workers
7% 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.
Where in the region Corcoran works
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 Corcoran is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,533 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.3% of Corcoran households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Corcoran’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Corcoran ranks: 50th of 2,841 U.S. towns of 6,500 to 12,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Albertville MN | 8,544 | $133K | 1.1% | 0.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 17 | Mendota Heights MN | 11,475 | $133K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Victoria MN | 12,447 | $196K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Tyrone GA | 8,091 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 49 | Dayton MN | 11,402 | $149K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 50 | Corcoran MN | 9,269 | $133K | 3.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 51 | Pike Creek DE | 7,129 | $140K | 1.3% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 52 | Krum TX | 6,808 | $124K | 3.9% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,841 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Corcoran, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around Corcoran
The biggest share goes to Maple Grove (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Corcoran workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corcoran | – | A+ | C− | 25 min | $133,423 |
| Maple Grove | 7% | A+ | B | 24 min | $132,731 |
| Medina | under 3% | A | B− | 26 min | $230,859 |
| Greenfield | under 3% | A+ | C− | 33 min | $153,750 |
| Rogers | under 3% | A+ | B− | 25 min | $158,750 |
| Hanover | under 3% | A+ | C− | 31 min | $156,536 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Corcoran’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 Corcoran: questions
What is the median household income in Corcoran?
$133,423 (±$31,559) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corcoran?
3.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corcoran?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corcoran work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (15%, 18 mi), Plymouth (10%, 8 mi), Maple Grove (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Corcoran walkable?
Corcoran is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Corcoran without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corcoran, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corcoran
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.