With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Glendorado Township works elsewhere
There are 31 jobs in Glendorado Township, against 345 working residents. Hardly any work in Glendorado Township; the top destination outside it is St. Cloud (24%, 18 miles). 6% of workers work from home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Glendorado Township: the figures worth knowing
Glendorado Township is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Glendorado Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Glendorado Township has about 490 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Glendorado Township and St. Cloud trade workers both ways
St. Cloud is the top workplace for Glendorado Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Glendorado Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Glendorado Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 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 345 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Glendorado Township
On a workday 344 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Glendorado Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 places Glendorado Township commutes to
Where Glendorado Township clocks in
24% of workers
4% 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.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Glendorado Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glendorado Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 360 commuters (the 6% 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.
Making and building: 68% of jobs based in Glendorado Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glendorado Township, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 31. 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 Glendorado Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Glendorado Township
About 15% 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.
Around Glendorado Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glendorado Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glendorado Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $90,750 |
| Santiago Township | under 2% | A− | D | 32 min | $114,318 |
| Greenbush Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 34 min | $105,500 |
| St. George Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $111,417 |
| Maywood Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Maywood Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glendorado 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 Glendorado Township: questions
What is the median household income in Glendorado Township?
$90,750 (±$16,230) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glendorado Township?
6.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glendorado Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glendorado Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (24%, 18 mi), Foley (17%, 6 mi), Milaca (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glendorado Township without a car?
0% 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 Glendorado Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glendorado 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.