Unemployment in Crow Wing Township (1.8%) is lower than in 87% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 5% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. For jobs and income Crow Wing Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (C−). Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Crow Wing Township, in brief
Much of Crow Wing Township works one town over
45% of working residents work in a town that borders Crow Wing Township: Brainerd (30%) and Baxter (15%). Next door ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Crow Wing Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 23% of Crow Wing Township’s own working residents. 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 982 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Crow Wing Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Crow Wing Township’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% 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, Crow Wing Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The 671 jobs based in Crow Wing Township
671 jobs are based in Crow Wing Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crow Wing Township, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 671. 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 Crow Wing Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Crow Wing Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 958 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 647 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Crow Wing Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.68 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.
30% of working residents work in Brainerd
Where Crow Wing Township clocks in
30% 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.
How long Crow Wing Township spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crow Wing Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,052 commuters (the 5% 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 it is to work from Crow Wing Township
About 26% 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.
For most of Crow Wing Township, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,112 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). 0.3% of Crow Wing Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Crow Wing Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Crow Wing Township is 656th of 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 654 | Union Township IN | 2,131 | $86K | 6.0% | 0.8% | <1% | A− |
| 655 | Sherman Township KS | 2,022 | $104K | 6.0% | 2.7% | 9% | A− |
| 656 | Crow Wing Township MN | 2,194 | $100K | 3.4% | 1.8% | 2% | A− |
| 657 | Noble Township OH | 1,834 | $97K | 0.8% | 1.6% | 4% | A− |
| 658 | Kensington MD | 2,652 | $152K | 6.3% | 6.2% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Crow Wing Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
45% of Crow Wing Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Brainerd (30%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crow Wing Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Wing Township | – | A− | C− | 23 min | $99,861 |
| Baxter | 15% | B− | B | 19 min | $70,688 |
| St. Mathias Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Brainerd | 30% | D | A− | 20 min | $56,111 |
| Fort Ripley Township | under 2% | C | C | 31 min | $75,000 |
| Long Lake Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 26 min | $85,385 |
Same-state neighbors only. St. Mathias Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing Township: questions
What is the median household income in Crow Wing Township?
$99,861 (±$10,616) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crow Wing Township?
3.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crow Wing Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crow Wing Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brainerd (30%, 6 mi), Baxter (15%, 5 mi), Little Falls (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crow Wing Township walkable?
Crow Wing Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crow Wing 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.