St. Mark's Episcopal Chapel · Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Corinna Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Home is the office for 10% of workers; Minnesota has 18%. 316 jobs are based in Corinna Township, and 1,429 of its residents work somewhere. Corinna Township grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Corinna Township at work: what stands out
Corinna Township is a place people come home to
There are 316 jobs based in Corinna Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Corinna Township has about 1,500 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Corinna Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Corinna Township pay little
27% of the jobs based in Corinna Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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.
The four measures behind Corinna Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Corinna Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #132 of 273 in Minnesota. Unemployment holds Corinna Township’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Corinna Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
The daily flow of workers through Corinna Township
On a workday 1,394 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 281 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Corinna Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Commuting from Corinna Township: about 30 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corinna Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,146 commuters (the 10% 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.
Jobs in Corinna Township: what the 316 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corinna Township, 2013 → 2023: 238 → 316. 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 Corinna Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
12% of working residents work in Annandale
Where Corinna Township clocks in
12% of workers
5% 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 Corinna Township 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.
Most of Corinna Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Corinna Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #238 of 273 in Minnesota. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,269 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). 1.0% of Corinna Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Corinna Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Corinna Township is 964th among 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Empire MN | 3,063 | $148K | 1.9% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 962 | Le Roy IL | 3,465 | $82K | 2.8% | 3.2% | 14% | A− |
| 963 | Heyworth IL | 2,869 | $97K | 6.1% | 3.2% | 10% | A− |
| 964 | Corinna Township MN | 2,596 | $88K | 5.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A− |
| 965 | Union Township NE | 2,089 | $110K | 0.9% | 7.1% | 4% | A− |
| 966 | South Buffalo Township PA | 2,674 | $93K | 5.5% | 3.3% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | 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 Corinna Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work next door: 17% of Corinna Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Annandale (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Corinna Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corinna Township | – | A− | C | 30 min | $87,635 |
| Annandale | 12% | B− | B− | 29 min | $65,583 |
| Clearwater Township | under 3% | A | D | 31 min | $113,750 |
| Southside Township | under 3% | B− | D | 35 min | $81,429 |
| Maple Lake | 5% | A− | B+ | 31 min | $93,750 |
| Silver Creek Township | under 3% | A | C | 31 min | $115,872 |
| Albion Township | under 3% | B | C | 32 min | $101,420 |
| Maple Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Maple Lake Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Corinna 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 Corinna Township: questions
What is the median household income in Corinna Township?
$87,635 (±$19,231) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corinna Township?
5.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corinna Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corinna Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Annandale (12%, 3 mi), Buffalo (7%, 13 mi), St. Cloud (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Corinna Township walkable?
Corinna Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Corinna Township without a car?
<1% 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 Corinna Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corinna 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.