With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Middleville Township works elsewhere
Middleville Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Employers in Middleville Township report 145 jobs for 484 working residents. Measured by household income, Middleville Township is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Middleville Township, in a few figures
Middleville Township is a place people come home to
There are 145 jobs based in Middleville Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Middleville Township has about 700 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Middleville Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 484 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Middleville Township
On income, poverty and job access, Middleville Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Middleville Township’s grade up ($117,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Middleville 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, Middleville Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Middleville Township by day and by night
On a workday 479 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Middleville Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Commuting from Middleville Township: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Middleville Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 456 commuters (the 15% 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.
12% of working residents work in Howard Lake
Where Middleville Township clocks in
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 88% of the jobs in Middleville Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middleville Township, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 145. 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 Middleville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Middleville Township, by distance
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.
Few in Middleville Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Middleville Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 534 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). 1.9% of Middleville Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Middleville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Middleville Township places 474th of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 6 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 21 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 23 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 472 | Rock Spring GA | 1,183 | $118K | 6.7% | 11.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 473 | Osino NV | 1,341 | $93K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 474 | Middleville Township MN | 1,041 | $118K | 6.7% | 3.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 475 | Elsinboro Township NJ | 1,037 | $90K | 9.2% | 5.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 476 | St. George KS | 1,165 | $101K | 5.3% | 1.1% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Middleville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
14% of Middleville Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Howard Lake (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Middleville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleville Township | – | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $117,500 |
| Howard Lake | 12% | B− | C | 34 min | $92,188 |
| Victor Township | 2% | B− | D− | 28 min | $87,946 |
| Cokato Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 23 min | $86,667 |
| Marysville Township | under 3% | B | C | 31 min | $97,679 |
| Albion Township | under 3% | B | C | 32 min | $101,420 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Middleville 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 Middleville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Middleville Township?
$117,500 (±$23,689) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middleville Township?
6.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Middleville Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Middleville Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Howard Lake (12%, 4 mi), Winsted (5%, 11 mi), Buffalo (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Middleville Township walkable?
Middleville Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Middleville Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Middleville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middleville 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.