Photo: Appraiser · CC BY-SA 4.0Jordan has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Jordan report 1,929 jobs for 3,521 working residents. Jobs and income earn Jordan A; getting around on foot earns it B. Measured by household income, Jordan is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Jordan
Jordan 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 ↓
Jordan has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Jordan went from 1,170 in 2013 to 1,929 in 2023, +65%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Jordan
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jordan is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #72 of 273 in Minnesota. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Jordan’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jordan could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Getting to work from Jordan takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jordan workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,204 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.
What Jordan’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jordan, 2013 → 2023: 1,170 → 1,929. 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 Jordan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Jordan by day and by night
On a workday 3,093 residents head out to work, 428 work right here, and 1,501 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,400 people are in Jordan on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
12% of working residents work in Shakopee
Where Jordan clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Where in the region Jordan works
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.
Jordan is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jordan is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #161 of 273 in Minnesota. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Minnesota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,670 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). 4.6% of Jordan households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Jordan’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Jordan ranks: 396th of 3,167 U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Elko New Market MN | 5,300 | $152K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Albertville MN | 8,544 | $133K | 1.1% | 0.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Credit River MN | 5,644 | $143K | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 394 | Thomson Township MN | 5,624 | $119K | 3.7% | 2.1% | 7% | A |
| 395 | Clarendon Hills IL | 8,681 | $130K | 8.4% | 3.2% | 3% | A |
| 396 | Jordan MN | 6,988 | $110K | 5.5% | 2.7% | 12% | A |
| 397 | Stokesdale NC | 6,133 | $121K | 5.6% | 1.9% | 4% | A |
| 398 | Hebron CT | 9,256 | $143K | 4.1% | 3.6% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,167 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Jordan, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work in the towns next to Jordan
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jordan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | – | A | B | 32 min | $110,057 |
| Sand Creek Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 28 min | $101,023 |
| St. Lawrence Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. St. Lawrence Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jordan’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 Jordan: questions
What is the median household income in Jordan?
$110,057 (±$9,913) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jordan?
5.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jordan?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jordan work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shakopee (12%, 11 mi), Eden Prairie (6%, 16 mi), Bloomington (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jordan walkable?
Jordan is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jordan without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jordan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jordan
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.