Franconia Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Franconia Township report 118 jobs, and 877 of its residents work somewhere. Franconia Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Franconia Township stands out on work
Franconia Township is a place people come home to
There are 118 jobs based in Franconia Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Franconia Township has about 1,000 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Franconia Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Franconia Township is Minneapolis, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (70) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Franconia 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 877 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Franconia Township
On income, poverty and job access, Franconia Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Franconia Township’s grade up ($116,875, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Franconia 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, Franconia Township could be anywhere from B to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Franconia Township
On a workday 871 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Franconia Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Franconia 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.
From Franconia Township, about 34 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Franconia Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 666 commuters (the 17% 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.
8% of working residents work in Minneapolis
Where Franconia Township clocks in
8% 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.
A place that makes things: 55% of Franconia Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franconia Township, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 118. 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 Franconia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Franconia Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franconia Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 800 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). 0.8% of Franconia Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Franconia Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Franconia Township ranks: 988th of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 986 | Newburgh Heights OH | 1,801 | $65K | 9.5% | 2.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 987 | Jacobus PA | 1,838 | $114K | 2.1% | 7.2% | 0% | B+ |
| 988 | Franconia Township MN | 1,757 | $117K | 10.7% | 5.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 989 | Sandyston Township NJ | 2,032 | $104K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 6% | B+ |
| 990 | Milan OH | 1,344 | $98K | 7.1% | 1.5% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Franconia Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door to Franconia Township
The biggest share goes to Lindstrom (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franconia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franconia Township | – | B+ | C− | 34 min | $116,875 |
| Chisago Lake Township | under 2% | A | C | 30 min | $133,220 |
| Shafer Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Shafer | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 40 min | $99,489 |
| Lindstrom | 4% | A− | C+ | 30 min | $98,226 |
| Scandia | under 2% | A+ | C− | 33 min | $101,953 |
Same-state neighbors only. Shafer Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Franconia 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 Franconia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Franconia Township?
$116,875 (±$13,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franconia Township?
10.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franconia Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franconia Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (8%, 36 mi), Forest Lake (6%, 12 mi), St. Paul (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Franconia Township walkable?
Franconia Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franconia Township without a car?
2% 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 Franconia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Franconia 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.