Few U.S. towns have household incomes as high as Dellwood’s
Dellwood grades A+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. 4.1% of residents are in poverty, where Minnesota as a whole has 9.3%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Why Dellwood gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Dellwood is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Dellwood’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: Dellwood’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Dellwood stays A+.
In and out of Dellwood on a workday
On a workday 575 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 283 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Dellwood on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.50 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.
18% of working residents work in Minneapolis
Where Dellwood clocks in
18% of workers
13% 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.
What the 297 jobs in Dellwood are
297 jobs are based in Dellwood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dellwood, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 297. 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 Dellwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Dellwood takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dellwood workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 418 commuters (the 25% 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.
Miles to work from Dellwood
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.
Dellwood is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dellwood is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Dellwood near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 556 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). 0.0% of Dellwood households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Dellwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Dellwood is 24th of 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 23 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 24 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 25 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 26 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Marshan Township MN | 1,112 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Castle Rock Township MN | 1,346 | $133K | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2% | 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 Dellwood, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
How Dellwood compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dellwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dellwood | – | A+ | C− | 26 min | $225,000 |
| Mahtomedi | under 3% | A | B | 24 min | $123,319 |
| Grant | under 3% | A+ | B− | 25 min | $150,875 |
| White Bear Township | under 3% | A+ | B | 24 min | $128,963 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dellwood’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 Dellwood: questions
What is the median household income in Dellwood?
$225,000 (±$17,986) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dellwood?
4.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dellwood?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dellwood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (18%, 17 mi), St. Paul (13%, 12 mi), White Bear Lake (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dellwood walkable?
Dellwood is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dellwood without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dellwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dellwood
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.