Household incomes in Decoria Township top those of 90% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Decoria Township itself; outside it, Mankato draws the most (40%, 8 miles). Below the poverty line: 5.1% of residents, next to 9.3% for Minnesota as a whole. Jobs and income earn Decoria Township A−; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Decoria Township
Decoria Township and Mankato trade workers both ways
Mankato is the top workplace for Decoria Township residents (40%) and also where the most people who work in Decoria Township come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Decoria Township is a place people come home to
There are 103 jobs based in Decoria Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Decoria Township has about 720 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Decoria Township’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 25 minutes, longer than the Minnesota average of 23. 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 487 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Decoria Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Decoria Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Decoria Township’s grade up ($124,063, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Decoria 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, Decoria Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Where Decoria Township’s working residents head each day
Where Decoria Township clocks in
40% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Decoria Township
On a workday 479 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Decoria Township on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.21 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.
About 25 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Decoria Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 575 commuters (the 15% 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.
What work there is in Decoria Township: 103 jobs
103 jobs are based in Decoria Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Decoria Township, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 103. 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 Decoria Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Decoria Township’s workers travel
About 20% 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.
In Decoria Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Decoria Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 680 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). 0.6% of Decoria Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Decoria Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Decoria Township is 383rd among 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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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| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 24 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 381 | Brandywine Bay NC | 1,313 | $105K | 1.2% | 12.1% | 0% | A− |
| 382 | Rosefield Township IL | 1,204 | $85K | 3.2% | 2.9% | 1% | A− |
| 383 | Decoria Township MN | 1,100 | $124K | 5.1% | 2.4% | 2% | A− |
| 384 | Bridgeton Township PA | 1,228 | $82K | 5.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A− |
| 385 | Douglas MI | 1,411 | $82K | 4.4% | 1.0% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Decoria Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Decoria Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Decoria Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decoria Township | – | A− | B− | 25 min | $124,063 |
| Beauford Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Mankato Township | under 2% | B | C | 17 min | $113,269 |
| Rapidan Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 27 min | $91,667 |
| McPherson Township | 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Beauford Township and McPherson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to McPherson Township. Darker towns draw more of Decoria 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 Decoria Township: questions
What is the median household income in Decoria Township?
$124,063 (±$19,238) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Decoria Township?
5.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Decoria Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Decoria Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mankato (40%, 8 mi), North Mankato (10%, 10 mi), St. Peter (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Decoria Township walkable?
Decoria Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Decoria 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 Decoria Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Decoria 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.