Crescent Grange Hall No. 512 · Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Linwood Township works elsewhere
There are 300 jobs in Linwood Township for 2,534 working residents. The two grades for Linwood Township are A− for jobs and income and D 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 sets Linwood Township apart on work
Linwood Township is a place people come home to
There are 300 jobs based in Linwood Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Linwood Township has about 3,200 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Linwood Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Linwood Township makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Linwood Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Linwood Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Linwood Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Linwood Township is Minneapolis, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (240) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Linwood Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Linwood Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #133 of 273 in Minnesota. Household income holds Linwood Township’s grade up ($115,972, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Linwood Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Linwood Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,461 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Linwood Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
The daily trip from Linwood Township: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Linwood Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,597 commuters (the 12% 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 jobs make up 48% of work in Linwood Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Linwood Township, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 300. 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 Linwood Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Linwood Township commutes less than 24 miles
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.
9% of working residents work in Minneapolis
Where Linwood Township clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Linwood Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Linwood Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #273 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Linwood 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 2,940 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). 7.2% of Linwood Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Linwood Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Linwood Township next to U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300: 948th of 3,541 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 15 | Elko New Market MN | 5,300 | $152K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 27 | Hanover MN | 4,392 | $157K | 0.6% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 39 | West Lakeland Township MN | 3,931 | $216K | 3.8% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 946 | Cannon Falls MN | 4,209 | $84K | 9.2% | 1.7% | 21% | A− |
| 947 | Carroll Valley PA | 4,051 | $93K | 6.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A− |
| 948 | Linwood Township MN | 5,403 | $116K | 6.7% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| 949 | Massac KY | 4,698 | $93K | 10.1% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 950 | Briar Chapel NC | 6,049 | $166K | 0.6% | 8.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | 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 Linwood Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
How Linwood Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Wyoming (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Linwood Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linwood Township | – | A− | D | 33 min | $115,972 |
| Oxford Township | under 3% | A | D | 38 min | $119,423 |
| Columbus | under 3% | A+ | C | 29 min | $123,194 |
| East Bethel | under 3% | A | C− | 32 min | $110,000 |
| Wyoming | 4% | A | C+ | 29 min | $107,565 |
| Stacy | under 3% | A | B− | 29 min | $98,464 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Linwood 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 Linwood Township: questions
What is the median household income in Linwood Township?
$115,972 (±$16,805) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Linwood Township?
6.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Linwood Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Linwood Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (9%, 30 mi), Forest Lake (8%, 10 mi), St. Paul (8%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Linwood Township walkable?
Linwood Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Linwood Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Linwood Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Linwood 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.