Photo: Skvader · CC BY-SA 4.0Elmdale Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any work in Elmdale Township; the top destination outside it is St. Cloud (15%, 27 miles). 18 jobs are based in Elmdale Township; 471 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Elmdale Township B−; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Elmdale Township stands out on work
Elmdale Township is a place people come home to
There are 18 jobs based in Elmdale Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Elmdale Township has about 550 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Elmdale Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Elmdale Township is St. Cloud, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (71) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Elmdale Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 471 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Elmdale Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Elmdale Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Elmdale Township’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Elmdale 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, Elmdale Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Who leaves Elmdale Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 470 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Elmdale Township on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
The distance from Elmdale Township to work
About 16% 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.
Getting to work from Elmdale Township takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elmdale Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 422 commuters (the 21% 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.
Where people from Elmdale Township work
Where Elmdale Township clocks in
15% of workers
14% 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.
56% of the jobs in Elmdale Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elmdale Township, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 18. 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 Elmdale Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Elmdale Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Elmdale Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 537 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). 0.5% of Elmdale Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Elmdale Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Elmdale Township next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 1,069th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 6 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,067 | Woodbury Township PA | 1,191 | $64K | 4.4% | 2.4% | 2% | B− |
| 1,068 | Forrest Township IL | 1,389 | $86K | 7.9% | 1.6% | 13% | B− |
| 1,069 | Elmdale Township MN | 1,003 | $81K | 6.3% | 1.8% | <1% | B− |
| 1,070 | Logan Elm Village OH | 1,214 | $85K | 12.3% | 1.4% | <1% | B− |
| 1,071 | Wurtsboro NY | 1,081 | $79K | 10.8% | 3.5% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Elmdale Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door to Elmdale Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elmdale Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmdale Township | – | B− | B− | 34 min | $80,833 |
| Swanville Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Elmdale | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Krain Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $101,667 |
| Two Rivers Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Grey Eagle Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Swanville Township, Elmdale, Two Rivers Township and Grey Eagle Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elmdale 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 Elmdale Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elmdale Township?
$80,833 (±$10,033) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elmdale Township?
6.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elmdale Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elmdale Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (15%, 27 mi), Little Falls (14%, 15 mi), Upsala (6%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Elmdale Township walkable?
Elmdale Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elmdale Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elmdale Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elmdale 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.