Francis Arnold House · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Le Sauk Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Le Sauk Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Le Sauk Township has 129 jobs for 652 working residents. Hardly any work in Le Sauk Township; the top destination outside it is St. Cloud (40%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Le Sauk Township apart
Much of Le Sauk Township works one town over
60% of working residents work in a town that borders Le Sauk Township: St. Cloud (40%), Sartell (14%) and Sauk Rapids (4%). Next door ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Le Sauk Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Le Sauk Township fell from 321 in 2013 to 129 in 2023, −60%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Most Le Sauk Township residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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 652 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Le Sauk Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Le Sauk Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Le Sauk Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Le Sauk 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, Le Sauk Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
What Le Sauk Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Le Sauk Township, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 129. 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 Le Sauk Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Le Sauk Township
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.
Who commutes out of Le Sauk Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 647 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Le Sauk Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Where Le Sauk Township’s working residents head each day
Where Le Sauk Township clocks in
40% of workers
14% 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.
From Le Sauk Township, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Le Sauk Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 663 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.
In Le Sauk Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Le Sauk Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Le Sauk 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 745 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). 1.8% of Le Sauk Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Le Sauk Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000, Le Sauk Township ranks 639th of 5,397 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 28 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 637 | Brooklyn WI | 1,841 | $108K | 3.8% | 1.1% | 3% | A− |
| 638 | Douglas MI | 1,411 | $82K | 4.4% | 1.0% | 9% | A− |
| 639 | Le Sauk Township MN | 1,515 | $94K | 6.4% | 1.3% | 1% | A− |
| 640 | Acoma Township MN | 1,135 | $126K | 2.6% | 4.6% | 1% | A− |
| 641 | Mason NH | 1,460 | $111K | 4.7% | 2.7% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Le Sauk Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns next door employ 60% of Le Sauk Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Le Sauk Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Sauk Township | – | A− | C | 22 min | $94,167 |
| Sartell | 14% | A− | C+ | 19 min | $84,131 |
| St. Cloud | 40% | C | A | 20 min | $61,374 |
| Watab Township | under 1% | A− | D | 23 min | $99,018 |
| Sauk Rapids | 4% | B | B+ | 19 min | $71,841 |
| St. Wendel Township | under 1% | A− | D− | 26 min | $105,057 |
| Sauk Rapids Township | under 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Brockway Township | under 1% | A | C | 25 min | $116,250 |
| St. Joseph | 2% | B− | B+ | 19 min | $74,946 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sauk Rapids Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. Cloud. Darker towns draw more of Le Sauk 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 Le Sauk Township: questions
What is the median household income in Le Sauk Township?
$94,167 (±$16,129) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Le Sauk Township?
6.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Le Sauk Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Le Sauk Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (40%, 9 mi), Sartell (14%, 2 mi), Waite Park (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Le Sauk Township walkable?
Le Sauk Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Le Sauk 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 Le Sauk Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Le Sauk 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.