Dahlgren Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
28% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Minnesota. Employers in Dahlgren Township report 187 jobs; 734 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Dahlgren Township are A− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dahlgren Township and work: the main findings
Fewer jobs are based in Dahlgren Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Dahlgren Township fell from 386 in 2013 to 187 in 2023, −52%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Dahlgren Township is a place people come home to
There are 187 jobs based in Dahlgren Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dahlgren Township has about 790 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Dahlgren Township works from home
28% of Dahlgren Township workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Time on the road ↓
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 734 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Dahlgren Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Dahlgren Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.5%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($85,000, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (4.6%) is left out: Dahlgren Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Dahlgren Township could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
What Dahlgren Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dahlgren Township, 2013 → 2023: 386 → 187. 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 Dahlgren Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dahlgren Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 725 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Dahlgren Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Time on the road from Dahlgren Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dahlgren Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 404 commuters (the 28% 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.
12% of working residents work in Eden Prairie
Where Dahlgren Township clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Dahlgren Township’s commute, mile by mile
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 Dahlgren Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dahlgren Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 561 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 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% 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). 2.5% of Dahlgren Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Dahlgren Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dahlgren Township places 402nd of 5,400 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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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| 32 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 34 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 400 | Berlin WI | 1,105 | $113K | 2.6% | 1.1% | <1% | A− |
| 401 | Hampton IL | 1,751 | $90K | 4.7% | 4.3% | 1% | A− |
| 402 | Dahlgren Township MN | 1,333 | $85K | 4.5% | 4.6% | 1% | A− |
| 403 | Prairie du Sac WI | 1,044 | $111K | 2.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A− |
| 404 | Herald CA | 1,521 | $93K | 3.8% | 8.6% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Dahlgren Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door is work for 13% of Dahlgren Township
The biggest share goes to Chaska (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dahlgren Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dahlgren Township | – | A− | B | 22 min | $85,000 |
| Carver | 3% | A | C | 31 min | $147,697 |
| Benton Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Laketown Township | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 22 min | $150,083 |
| San Francisco Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Chaska | 10% | A | B | 23 min | $110,956 |
Same-state neighbors only. Benton Township and San Francisco Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dahlgren 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 Dahlgren Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dahlgren Township?
$85,000 (±$44,106) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dahlgren Township?
4.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dahlgren Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dahlgren Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eden Prairie (12%, 14 mi), Chaska (10%, 6 mi), Minneapolis (8%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dahlgren Township walkable?
Dahlgren Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dahlgren Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dahlgren Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dahlgren 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.