Hollywood Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Hollywood Township has 205 jobs, against 507 working residents. The two grades for Hollywood Township are B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 2% work in Hollywood Township itself; outside it, Waconia draws the most (11%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The figures behind Hollywood Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hollywood Township is better than 69% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Hollywood Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Hollywood 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, Hollywood Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
A workday in Hollywood Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 497 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Hollywood Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where people from Hollywood Township work
Where Hollywood Township clocks in
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.
56% of the jobs in Hollywood Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hollywood Township, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 205. 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 Hollywood Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Hollywood Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hollywood Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 493 commuters (the 13% 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 distance from Hollywood Township to work
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.
In Hollywood Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hollywood Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 568 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). 2.1% of Hollywood Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hollywood Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Hollywood Township ranks 524th 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+ |
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| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 522 | Minier IL | 1,138 | $89K | 6.4% | 3.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 523 | West Windsor VT | 1,355 | $109K | 3.7% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| 524 | Hollywood Township MN | 1,041 | $84K | 6.6% | 1.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 525 | State Center IA | 1,389 | $84K | 4.9% | 2.0% | 10% | B+ |
| 526 | Brussels WI | 1,089 | $101K | 6.0% | 2.9% | 3% | 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 Hollywood Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
How Hollywood Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Mayer (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hollywood Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Township | – | B+ | C+ | 26 min | $83,917 |
| New Germany | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Watertown Township | under 3% | A+ | C | 28 min | $107,500 |
| Winsted Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Woodland Township | under 3% | A− | B | 34 min | $96,563 |
| Camden Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Mayer | 3% | A | C− | 28 min | $124,917 |
Same-state neighbors only. New Germany, Winsted Township and Camden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hollywood 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 Hollywood Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hollywood Township?
$83,917 (±$10,635) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hollywood Township?
6.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hollywood Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hollywood Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waconia (11%, 10 mi), Chanhassen (6%, 19 mi), Chaska (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hollywood Township walkable?
Hollywood Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hollywood Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hollywood Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hollywood 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.