Strunk-Nyssen House · Photo: Elkman · CC BY-SA 3.0Jackson Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Jackson Township report 162 jobs for 652 working residents. Hardly any stay in Jackson Township for work; outside it, Shakopee is the main destination (20%, 5 miles). The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Jackson Township: the figures worth knowing
Jackson Township and Shakopee trade workers both ways
Shakopee is the top workplace for Jackson Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Jackson Township come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Jackson Township is a place people come home to
There are 162 jobs based in Jackson Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Jackson Township has about 1,200 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 652 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Jackson Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Jackson Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Jackson Township’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: Jackson Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Jackson Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Where Jackson Township goes to work
Where Jackson Township clocks in
20% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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 a workday changes Jackson Township
On a workday 650 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Jackson Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Goods jobs make up 35% of work in Jackson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jackson Township, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 162. 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 Jackson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Jackson Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jackson Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 633 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 distance from Jackson 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.
Jackson Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jackson Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 732 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 1.7% of Jackson Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Jackson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Jackson Township is 2,025th among 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | 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+ |
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| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 27 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,023 | Millgrove Township IN | 1,601 | $66K | 5.0% | 0.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,024 | Searsmont ME | 1,484 | $87K | 6.6% | 3.4% | 3% | B− |
| 2,025 | Jackson Township MN | 1,647 | $69K | 17.6% | 0.9% | <1% | B− |
| 2,026 | Carter TX | 1,738 | $103K | 19.5% | 3.6% | 1% | B− |
| 2,027 | Morningside MD | 1,232 | $69K | 21.4% | 4.7% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | 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 Jackson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
28% of Jackson Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jackson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | – | B− | C+ | 25 min | $68,884 |
| Shakopee | 20% | A | B | 22 min | $107,223 |
| Chaska | 4% | A | B | 23 min | $110,956 |
| Louisville Township | under 3% | A+ | C− | 24 min | $143,125 |
| Chanhassen | 4% | A+ | B | 22 min | $143,651 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Shakopee. Darker towns draw more of Jackson 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 Jackson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jackson Township?
$68,884 (±$28,650) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jackson Township?
17.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jackson Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jackson Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shakopee (20%, 5 mi), Eden Prairie (8%, 7 mi), Minneapolis (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jackson Township walkable?
Jackson Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jackson Township without a car?
<1% 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 Jackson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jackson 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.