Andrew Peterson Farmstead · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Laketown Township top those of 95% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 1.4% of residents; Minnesota has 9.3%. The two grades for Laketown Township are A+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 26% of workers have no commute at all; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Laketown Township in brief
Laketown Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Laketown Township went from 302 in 2013 to 548 in 2023, +81%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Laketown Township
77% of Laketown Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 55% of the jobs based in Laketown Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Laketown Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Laketown Township is Minneapolis, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (117) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Laketown Township
26% of Laketown Township workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Laketown Township pay little
28% of the jobs based in Laketown Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 37% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
Jobs & income in Laketown Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Laketown Township is better than 96% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Laketown Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Factories, building and farms: 30% of the jobs in Laketown Township
548 jobs are based in Laketown Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laketown Township, 2013 → 2023: 302 → 548. 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 Laketown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Laketown Township
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.
The daily trip from Laketown Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laketown Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 876 commuters (the 26% 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.
Who leaves Laketown Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,015 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 535 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Laketown Township on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.53 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.
11% of working residents work in Minneapolis
Where Laketown Township clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
The commute in Laketown Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Laketown Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 6.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,190 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). 0.8% of Laketown Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Laketown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Laketown Township is 153rd of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Stillwater Township MN | 1,831 | $162K | 3.4% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 151 | Laflin PA | 1,468 | $121K | 2.3% | 3.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 152 | Kanwaka Township KS | 1,493 | $126K | 2.5% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 153 | Laketown Township MN | 2,005 | $150K | 1.4% | 3.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 154 | Concord WI | 1,964 | $108K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 2% | A+ |
| 155 | Newtown CT | 1,980 | $165K | 2.0% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Laketown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
10% of Laketown Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Waconia (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Laketown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laketown Township | – | A+ | B+ | 22 min | $150,083 |
| Victoria | under 4% | A+ | A− | 35 min | $195,639 |
| Waconia | 5% | A | B | 25 min | $111,031 |
| Chaska | 5% | A | B | 23 min | $110,956 |
| Dahlgren Township | under 4% | A− | B | 22 min | $85,000 |
| Waconia Township | under 4% | A− | C | 30 min | $122,083 |
| Minnetrista | under 4% | A | B− | 27 min | $163,051 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Laketown 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 Laketown Township: questions
What is the median household income in Laketown Township?
$150,083 (±$13,617) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laketown Township?
1.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laketown Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laketown Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (11%, 24 mi), Eden Prairie (11%, 13 mi), Bloomington (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Laketown Township walkable?
Laketown Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Laketown Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laketown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laketown 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.