Langola Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 121 jobs in Langola Township, and 531 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Langola Township are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Langola Township
Langola Township is a place people come home to
There are 121 jobs based in Langola Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Langola Township has about 620 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
29% of Langola Township works in St. Cloud
153 working residents, 29%, have their main job in St. Cloud, 18 miles away. That’s far more as work in Langola Township itself. The commute map ↓
Langola Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 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 531 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Langola Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Langola Township is better than 79% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Langola Township’s grade up ($114,167, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Langola 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, Langola Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Langola Township
On a workday 529 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Langola Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
29% of working residents work in St. Cloud
Where Langola Township clocks in
29% 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.
Langola Township’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Langola Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 516 commuters (the 10% 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.
Goods, not services: 87% of the jobs in Langola Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Langola Township, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 121. 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 Langola Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Langola Township’s workers travel
About 18% 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.
Most of Langola Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Langola Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 2.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 574 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). 1.7% of Langola Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Langola Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Langola Township comes 291st on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 289 | Biglick Township OH | 1,137 | $103K | 3.4% | 4.4% | 1% | A− |
| 290 | Verdi NV | 1,012 | $81K | 3.0% | 6.4% | 2% | A− |
| 291 | Langola Township MN | 1,025 | $114K | 5.4% | 2.8% | <1% | A− |
| 292 | Merrimac WI | 1,296 | $109K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 3% | A− |
| 293 | Calamus WI | 1,035 | $108K | 3.6% | 1.9% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Langola Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Langola Township and its neighbors: 13% work next door
The biggest share goes to Rice (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Langola Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langola Township | – | A− | C− | 29 min | $114,167 |
| Two Rivers Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Brockway Township | under 2% | A | C | 25 min | $116,250 |
| Royalton | 2% | D | C | 30 min | $55,156 |
| Bellevue Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 26 min | $113,958 |
| Rice | 11% | A | B− | 24 min | $107,692 |
| Watab Township | under 2% | A− | D | 23 min | $99,018 |
| Graham Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Buckman Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Two Rivers Township, Graham Township and Buckman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Langola 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 Langola Township: questions
What is the median household income in Langola Township?
$114,167 (±$9,151) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Langola Township?
5.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Langola Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Langola Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (29%, 18 mi), Rice (11%, 2 mi), Little Falls (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Langola Township walkable?
Langola Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 2.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Langola Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Langola Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Langola 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.