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Jobs & commute in Luxemburg Township

Luxemburg Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Employers in Luxemburg Township report 80 jobs, and 299 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Luxemburg Township itself; outside it, St. Cloud draws the most (21%, 17 miles). The average commute takes 25 minutes each way; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out

Work in Luxemburg Township: the figures worth knowing

★ What stands out · Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Luxemburg Township

On a workday 297 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.

297live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
78work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night660
Workday440
660live here− 300head out to work+ 78come in to work= 440on a workday

About 440 people are in Luxemburg Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.27jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Luxemburg Township to work: where people go

Kimball: 17 residents work here (6%)Paynesville: 10 residents work here (3%)Cold Spring: 13 residents work here (4%)AnnandaleHutchinsonSt. JosephSartell: 7 residents work here (2%)Waite Park: 10 residents work here (3%)St. Cloud: 62 residents work here (21%)Rockville: 7 residents work here (2%)Minneapolis: 9 residents work here (3%)Eden Lake TownshipForest Prairie TownshipLynden TownshipLuxemburg TownshipMaine Prairie Township: 20 residents work here (7%)Wakefield Township: 7 residents work here (2%)St. CloudMaine Prairie TownshipKimballCold SpringPaynesvilleWaite ParkLuxemburg Township
1
St. Cloud17.4 mi away
21%62
27%20
3
Kimball8 mi away
6%17
4
Cold Spring6.4 mi away
4%13
5
Paynesville13.3 mi away
3%10
6
Waite Park14.6 mi away
3%10
7
Minneapolis63.9 mi away
3%9
8
Sartell20.6 mi away
2%7
9
Rockville9.3 mi away
2%7
102%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%137
The top trips

Where Luxemburg Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Making and building: 95% of jobs based in Luxemburg Township

Jobs based in Luxemburg TownshipJobs Luxemburg Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms95%25%
Trade, transport & utilities4%23%
Services: health, schools, offices1%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%18%
Over $3,333 a month68%72%

Who does it

29 or younger26%26%
30 to 5451%51%
55 and older23%24%
−31%

Jobs based in Luxemburg Township, 2014 → 2024: 116 → 80. 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 Luxemburg Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Luxemburg Township: about 25 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
192 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Luxemburg Township25 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
16%

of Luxemburg Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Luxemburg Township gets to work
90%Drive alone
5%Carpool
1%Transit
2%Walk
3%Other

Share of the 365 commuters (the 16% 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

How many miles Luxemburg Township commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miSt. Cloud: 21% · 17.4 miMaine Prairie Township: 7% · 6.5 miKimball: 6% · 8 miCold Spring: 4% · 6.4 miPaynesville: 3% · 13.3 miWaite Park: 3% · 14.6 miMinneapolis: 3% · 63.9 miSartell: 2% · 20.6 miRockville: 2% · 9.3 miWakefield Township: 2% · 6.9 miSt. Cloud 21%Kimball 6%Cold Spring 4%Paynesville 3%Luxemburg Township
Luxemburg TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
23%Under 10 mi70 residents
47%10–24 mi141 residents
10%25–50 mi30 residents
19%Over 50 mi58 residents

About 19% 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.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Luxemburg Township

The biggest share goes to Maine Prairie Township (7%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Luxemburg Township25 min
Eden Lake Township26 min
Maine Prairie Township28 min
Wakefield Township29 min
Forest Prairie Township38 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownLuxemburg Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Luxemburg Township–——25 min$97,000
Eden Lake Townshipunder 3%B+C26 min$106,518
Maine Prairie Township7%B+C+28 min$100,313
Wakefield Township2%A−C29 min$108,333
Forest Prairie Townshipunder 3%B+C+38 min$107,981

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Luxemburg Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Luxemburg Township: questions

What is the median household income in Luxemburg Township?

$97,000 (±$22,220) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Luxemburg Township?

1.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Luxemburg Township?

25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Luxemburg Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (21%, 17 mi), Maine Prairie Township (7%, 6 mi), Kimball (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Luxemburg Township without a car?

1% 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 Luxemburg Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Luxemburg Township

Luxemburg Township home →

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.