Irondale Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Irondale Township for work; outside it, Brainerd is the main destination (21%, 12 miles). Employers in Irondale Township report 59 jobs; 504 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Irondale Township are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Irondale Township stands out on work
Irondale Township is a place people come home to
There are 59 jobs based in Irondale Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Irondale Township has about 830 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Irondale Township and Brainerd trade workers both ways
Brainerd is the top workplace for Irondale Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Irondale Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 504 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Irondale Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Irondale Township is better than 51% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Irondale Township’s grade up (6.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (12.5%) is left out: Irondale 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, Irondale Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Who leaves Irondale Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 502 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Irondale Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Out of Irondale Township to work: where people go
Where Irondale Township clocks in
21% of workers
9% 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.
How many miles Irondale Township commutes
About 36% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 37% of the jobs in Irondale Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Irondale Township, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 59. 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 Irondale Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes to work from Irondale Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Irondale Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 453 commuters (the 12% 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.
Most of Irondale Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Irondale Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 514 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). 1.5% of Irondale Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Irondale Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Irondale Township comes 1,590th 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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| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 29 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 31 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,588 | Bishop Township IL | 1,683 | $84K | 8.6% | 3.3% | 7% | B− |
| 1,589 | Greenfield Township IN | 1,363 | $65K | 3.9% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,590 | Irondale Township MN | 1,272 | $87K | 6.2% | 12.5% | <1% | B− |
| 1,591 | Brush Valley Township PA | 1,672 | $77K | 6.5% | 4.9% | 1% | B− |
| 1,592 | Lake Park IA | 1,111 | $75K | 4.6% | 1.6% | 12% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Irondale Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work next door: 11% of Irondale Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Crosby (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Irondale Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irondale Township | – | B− | C | 29 min | $86,591 |
| Center Township | under 2% | C | D | 24 min | $74,554 |
| Trommald | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Riverton | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Ironton | 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Oak Lawn Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 21 min | $85,417 |
| Nokay Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Crosby | 9% | D | A− | 22 min | $41,554 |
| Deerwood Township | under 2% | B | D | 27 min | $95,119 |
| Wolford Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Trommald, Riverton, Ironton, Nokay Lake Township and Wolford Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Irondale 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 Irondale Township: questions
What is the median household income in Irondale Township?
$86,591 (±$15,946) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Irondale Township?
6.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Irondale Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Irondale Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brainerd (21%, 12 mi), Crosby (9%, 4 mi), Baxter (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Irondale Township walkable?
Irondale Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Irondale Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Irondale Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Irondale 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.