For more than half of its working residents, La Grand Township is a commute to Alexandria
The two grades for La Grand Township are B for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 3% work in La Grand Township; the top destination outside it is Alexandria (53%, 4 miles). Household incomes here are higher than in 72% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
La Grand Township at work: what stands out
More than half of La Grand Township works in Alexandria
1,036 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Alexandria, 4 miles away across the town line. That’s 18 times as many as work in La Grand Township itself. The commute map ↓
Most La Grand Township residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
La Grand Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in La Grand Township went from 568 in 2013 to 764 in 2023, +35%. 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.
What’s behind La Grand Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, La Grand Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #168 of 273 in Minnesota. Unemployment holds La Grand Township’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, La Grand Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where the trip to work from La Grand Township ends
Where La Grand Township clocks in
53% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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 far La Grand Township’s workers travel
About 20% 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.
Making and building: 29% of jobs based in La Grand Township
764 jobs are based in La Grand Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Grand Township, 2013 → 2023: 568 → 764. 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 La Grand Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in La Grand Township by day
On a workday 1,885 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 704 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in La Grand Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.39 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
La Grand Township’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Grand Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,618 commuters (the 19% 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 La Grand Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, La Grand Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #244 of 273 in Minnesota. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% 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 1,993 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). 0.7% of La Grand Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of La Grand Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, La Grand Township is 1,564th among 4,039 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 16 | Elko New Market MN | 5,300 | $152K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,562 | Somerset WI | 3,408 | $80K | 14.8% | 2.3% | 8% | B |
| 1,563 | Lexington Township IN | 3,505 | $76K | 8.7% | 1.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,564 | La Grand Township MN | 4,309 | $94K | 10.0% | 2.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,565 | Sunapee NH | 3,442 | $101K | 12.4% | 0.0% | 12% | B |
| 1,566 | Milan IL | 5,028 | $63K | 12.3% | 1.1% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 La Grand Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
La Grand Township and its neighbors: 54% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | La Grand Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Grand Township | – | B | C | 21 min | $94,122 |
| Alexandria | 53% | C+ | A− | 18 min | $61,374 |
| Lake Mary Township | under 1% | B+ | D | 19 min | $102,969 |
| Garfield | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Moe Township | under 1% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Ida Township | under 1% | B+ | C | 21 min | $103,250 |
| Alexandria Township | 1% | A− | C | 21 min | $93,864 |
Same-state neighbors only. Garfield and Moe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Alexandria. Darker towns draw more of La Grand 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 La Grand Township: questions
What is the median household income in La Grand Township?
$94,122 (±$9,437) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Grand Township?
10.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Grand Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Grand Township work?
3% work in town.
Is La Grand Township walkable?
La Grand Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around La Grand Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Grand Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Grand 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.