Saint Cloud and Red River Valley Stage Road-Kandota Section · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Kandota Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Kandota Township; the top destination outside it is Alexandria (13%, 20 miles). 54 jobs are based in Kandota Township for 296 working residents. For 8% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kandota Township: the figures worth knowing
The daily flow of workers through Kandota Township
On a workday 295 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Kandota 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.
The towns that employ Kandota Township’s residents
Where Kandota Township clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
What Kandota Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kandota Township, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 54. 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 Kandota Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Kandota Township takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kandota Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 397 commuters (the 8% 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.
Kandota Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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.
How Kandota Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Sauk Centre Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kandota Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kandota Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $92,000 |
| Birchdale Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Sauk Centre Township | 1% | B | B | 23 min | $98,611 |
| Little Sauk Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| West Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Birchdale Township and West Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Little Sauk Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kandota 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 Kandota Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kandota Township?
$92,000 (±$9,855) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kandota Township?
10.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kandota Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kandota Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alexandria (13%, 20 mi), Sauk Centre (11%, 6 mi), Long Prairie (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kandota 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 Kandota Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kandota 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.