District No. 34 School · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Denmark Township have higher incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 2.2% of residents, against 9.3% across Minnesota. Jobs and income earn Denmark Township A+; getting around on foot earns it B−. Home is the office for 26% of workers; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Denmark Township, in brief
Many jobs in Denmark Township pay little
34% of the jobs based in Denmark Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 34% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Denmark Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Denmark Township went from 460 in 2013 to 692 in 2023, +50%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Denmark Township
71% of Denmark Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in Denmark Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. 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 843 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Denmark Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Denmark Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Goods jobs make up 29% of work in Denmark Township
692 jobs are based in Denmark Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Denmark Township, 2013 → 2023: 460 → 692. 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 Denmark Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Denmark Township by day
On a workday 832 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 681 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in St. Paul
Where Denmark Township clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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.
About 28 minutes to work from Denmark Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Denmark Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 712 commuters (the 26% 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 Denmark Township
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.
Few in Denmark Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Denmark Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Denmark Township 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 963 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). 0.3% of Denmark Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Denmark Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Denmark Township is 196th of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 194 | Verona KY | 1,394 | $145K | 3.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 195 | Adamstown PA | 1,953 | $118K | 3.5% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 196 | Denmark Township MN | 1,906 | $148K | 2.2% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 197 | Piney Mountain VA | 2,288 | $139K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 198 | Monument Hills CA | 1,551 | $218K | 3.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Denmark Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
How Denmark Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hastings (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Denmark Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark Township | – | A+ | B− | 28 min | $148,269 |
| Hastings | 4% | A− | B+ | 25 min | $93,998 |
| Cottage Grove | 4% | A | B− | 24 min | $120,791 |
| Afton | under 3% | A | C | 28 min | $133,305 |
| Nininger Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Ravenna Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 29 min | $131,304 |
Same-state neighbors only. Nininger Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Denmark 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 Denmark Township: questions
What is the median household income in Denmark Township?
$148,269 (±$11,515) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Denmark Township?
2.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Denmark Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Denmark Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Paul (14%, 17 mi), Minneapolis (11%, 24 mi), Woodbury (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Denmark Township walkable?
Denmark Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Denmark Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Denmark Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Denmark 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.