Anton Gogala Farmstead · Photo: Gobonobo · CC BY-SA 3.0Krain Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Krain Township report 70 jobs, and 436 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Krain Township are B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Krain Township and work: the main findings
Krain Township is a place people come home to
There are 70 jobs based in Krain Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Krain Township has about 660 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Krain Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Krain Township is St. Cloud, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (83) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Krain Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 436 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Krain Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Krain Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Krain Township’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Krain 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, Krain Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Krain Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 427 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Krain Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
How far Krain Township goes to work
About 17% 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.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Krain Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Krain Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 440 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.
19% of working residents work in St. Cloud
Where Krain Township clocks in
19% 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.
51% of the jobs in Krain Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Krain Township, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 70. 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 Krain Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Krain Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Krain Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 2.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 500 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). 4.9% of Krain Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Krain Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Krain Township places 446th of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 444 | Maurertown VA | 1,092 | $94K | 2.7% | 0.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 445 | Elkhart Lake WI | 1,190 | $94K | 6.3% | 9.9% | 13% | B+ |
| 446 | Krain Township MN | 1,025 | $102K | 4.0% | 2.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 447 | Cicero WI | 1,013 | $82K | 5.7% | 0.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 448 | French Lake Township MN | 1,259 | $105K | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1% | 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 Krain Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Around Krain Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Holding Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Krain Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krain Township | – | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $101,667 |
| Albany Township | under 2% | A | C | 26 min | $127,946 |
| Millwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Elmdale Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 34 min | $80,833 |
| Holding Township | 2% | A− | C+ | 28 min | $99,073 |
Same-state neighbors only. Millwood Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Krain 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 Krain Township: questions
What is the median household income in Krain Township?
$101,667 (±$24,850) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Krain Township?
4.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Krain Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Krain Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (19%, 24 mi), Albany (9%, 6 mi), Holdingford (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Krain Township walkable?
Krain Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 2.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Krain Township without a car?
0% 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 Krain Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Krain 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.