Christiania Lutheran Free Church · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Eureka Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
255 jobs are based in Eureka Township for 637 working residents. Jobs and income earn Eureka Township A; getting around on foot earns it C+. Measured by household income, Eureka Township is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Eureka Township
On income, poverty and job access, Eureka Township is better than 91% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Eureka Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.5%) is left out: Eureka 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, Eureka Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who commutes out of Eureka Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 619 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Eureka Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
11% of working residents work in Lakeville
Where Eureka Township clocks in
11% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 66% of work in Eureka Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eureka Township, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 255. 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 Eureka Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eureka Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 503 commuters (the 14% 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.
The commute from Eureka Township, by distance
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.
For most of Eureka Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eureka Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% 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 585 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). 0.4% of Eureka Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eureka Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,400 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,800, Eureka Township comes 216th 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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| 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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| 214 | Jefferson Township IN | 1,541 | $122K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 6% | A |
| 215 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| 216 | Eureka Township MN | 1,358 | $100K | 5.0% | 0.5% | 3% | A |
| 217 | Kincora VA | 1,008 | $134K | 8.8% | 6.3% | 0% | A |
| 218 | Kensington NY | 1,278 | $221K | 11.9% | 4.4% | <1% | 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 Eureka Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
11% of Eureka Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eureka Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka Township | – | A | C+ | 27 min | $100,000 |
| Lakeville | 11% | A+ | B | 24 min | $139,041 |
| New Market Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 26 min | $130,231 |
| Castle Rock Township | under 3% | A+ | C− | 27 min | $132,917 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lakeville. Darker towns draw more of Eureka 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 Eureka Township: questions
What is the median household income in Eureka Township?
$100,000 (±$19,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eureka Township?
5.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eureka Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eureka Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lakeville (11%, 7 mi), Bloomington (6%, 18 mi), Minneapolis (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eureka Township walkable?
Eureka Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eureka 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 Eureka Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eureka 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.