Household incomes in Livonia Township top those of 93% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 38 minutes on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. Poverty touches 2.1% of residents, where Minnesota as a whole has 9.3%. Livonia Township grades A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Livonia Township in brief
Livonia Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Livonia Township is a place people come home to
There are 374 jobs based in Livonia Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Livonia Township has about 3,400 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Livonia Township makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Livonia Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Livonia Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. 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.
How Livonia Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Livonia Township is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #25 of 273 in Minnesota. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Livonia Township stays A+.
About 38 minutes to work from Livonia Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Livonia Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,172 commuters (the 14% 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 and out of Livonia Township on a workday
On a workday 3,342 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 345 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Livonia Township on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.11 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 2024, primary jobs.
In Livonia Township, 38% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
374 jobs are based in Livonia Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Livonia Township, 2014 → 2024: 273 → 374. 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 Livonia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
11% of working residents work in Elk River
Where Livonia Township clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
Half of Livonia Township commutes less than 24 miles
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.
In Livonia Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Livonia Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #180 of 273 in Minnesota. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,677 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). 0.0% of Livonia Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Livonia Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Livonia Township ranks: 99th of 3,306 U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,700
| # | 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
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| 13 | Elko New Market MN | 5,300 | $152K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Albertville MN | 8,544 | $133K | 1.1% | 0.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Credit River MN | 5,644 | $143K | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Summit WI | 5,323 | $141K | 5.0% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 98 | Radnor Township IL | 5,177 | $179K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 6% | A+ |
| 99 | Livonia Township MN | 6,436 | $137K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 100 | Milltown NJ | 7,103 | $141K | 1.2% | 3.5% | 4% | A+ |
| 101 | Wenham MA | 4,952 | $195K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,306 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Livonia Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
11% of Livonia Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Livonia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livonia Township | – | A+ | B− | 38 min | $137,000 |
| Baldwin | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Orrock Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 37 min | $126,107 |
| Elk River | 11% | A+ | B− | 27 min | $108,741 |
| Stanford Township | under 3% | A− | D | 30 min | $104,107 |
| St. Francis | under 3% | A | C | 32 min | $111,198 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Elk River. Darker towns draw more of Livonia 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 Livonia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Livonia Township?
$137,000 (±$12,997) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Livonia Township?
2.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Livonia Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Livonia Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elk River (11%, 7 mi), Minneapolis (7%, 36 mi), Zimmerman (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Livonia Township walkable?
Livonia Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Livonia Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Livonia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Livonia 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.