Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Little Falls Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Little Falls Township has 360 jobs; 762 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Little Falls Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Measured by household income, Little Falls Township is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Little Falls Township and work: the main findings
Little Falls Township and Little Falls trade workers both ways
Little Falls is the top workplace for Little Falls Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Little Falls Township come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
50% of the jobs in Little Falls Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 762 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Little Falls Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Little Falls Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Little Falls Township’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Little Falls 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, Little Falls Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
33% of working residents work in Little Falls
Where Little Falls Township clocks in
33% of workers
13% of workers
4% 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.
65% of the jobs in Little Falls Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Little Falls Township, 2014 → 2024: 404 → 360. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Little Falls Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Little Falls Township
On a workday 746 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 344 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Little Falls Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Little Falls Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Little Falls Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 809 commuters (the 9% 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.
How far it is to work from Little Falls Township
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Little Falls Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Little Falls Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Little Falls 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 891 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). 1.1% of Little Falls Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Little Falls Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Little Falls Township is 956th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 954 | Lyndhurst VA | 1,309 | $76K | 1.2% | 5.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 955 | Russell MA | 1,637 | $109K | 6.3% | 1.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 956 | Little Falls Township MN | 1,710 | $108K | 4.6% | 1.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 957 | McConnell AFB KS | 1,907 | $73K | 6.6% | 4.2% | <1% | B+ |
| 958 | Riverview SC | 2,121 | $136K | 4.8% | 13.3% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Little Falls Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work next door: 33% of Little Falls Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Little Falls Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Falls Township | – | B+ | D− | 27 min | $108,333 |
| Little Falls | 33% | D | B+ | 20 min | $47,863 |
| Bellevue Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 26 min | $113,958 |
| Pike Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Swan River Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Belle Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Agram Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pike Creek Township, Swan River Township, Belle Prairie Township and Agram Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Little Falls. Darker towns draw more of Little Falls 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 2024, 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 Little Falls Township: questions
What is the median household income in Little Falls Township?
$108,333 (±$9,275) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Little Falls Township?
4.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Little Falls Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Little Falls Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Falls (33%, 4 mi), St. Cloud (13%, 30 mi), Brainerd (4%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Little Falls Township walkable?
Little Falls Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Little Falls Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Little Falls Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Little Falls Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.