Minnesota and International Railroad Freight House and Shelter Shed · Photo: Elkman · CC BY-SA 3.0At 5.2%, unemployment in Lake Edward Township is higher than in 64% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Lake Edward Township are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 4% stay in Lake Edward Township for work; outside it, Brainerd is the main destination (19%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 11% of workers (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lake Edward Township apart
Lake Edward Township makes and builds things
81% of the jobs based in Lake Edward Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lake Edward Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Lake Edward Township and Brainerd trade workers both ways
Brainerd is the top workplace for Lake Edward Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Lake Edward Township come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 905 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Lake Edward Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lake Edward Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Lake Edward Township’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% 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, Lake Edward Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
A place that makes things: 81% of Lake Edward Township’s jobs are in goods
682 jobs are based in Lake Edward Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Edward Township, 2013 → 2023: 638 → 682. 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 Lake Edward Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Lake Edward Township work
Where Lake Edward Township clocks in
19% 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.
Lake Edward Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 865 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 642 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Lake Edward Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).
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 trip to work from Lake Edward Township: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Edward Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 838 commuters (the 11% 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 commute from Lake Edward Township, by distance
About 28% 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.
In Lake Edward Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Edward Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lake Edward Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 937 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). 0.0% of Lake Edward Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Edward Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000, Lake Edward Township comes 2,439th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 18 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
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| 34 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
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| 43 | Stillwater Township MN | 1,831 | $162K | 3.4% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,437 | Henry Township IN | 2,994 | $80K | 14.3% | 2.8% | 11% | B− |
| 2,438 | Ashland Township MI | 2,861 | $68K | 9.4% | 3.3% | 1% | B− |
| 2,439 | Lake Edward Township MN | 2,234 | $82K | 6.7% | 5.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,440 | Nelson NY | 1,879 | $82K | 7.8% | 3.1% | 9% | B− |
| 2,441 | Fabius NY | 1,961 | $94K | 8.3% | 6.7% | 9% | B− |
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| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Lake Edward Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door to Lake Edward Township
The biggest share goes to Nisswa (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Edward Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Edward Township | – | B− | C | 21 min | $82,292 |
| Pelican Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Nisswa | 8% | A− | B | 22 min | $100,000 |
| Center Township | under 2% | C | D | 24 min | $74,554 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pelican Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Edward 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 Lake Edward Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Edward Township?
$82,292 (±$14,854) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Edward Township?
6.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Edward Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Edward Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brainerd (19%, 10 mi), Baxter (14%, 11 mi), Nisswa (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Edward Township walkable?
Lake Edward Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Edward Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Edward Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Edward 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.