Minden Township has 2.3 jobs for every working resident: 1,607 people commute in to work
1,630 jobs are based in Minden Township; 718 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Minden Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Home is the office for 26% of workers; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Minden Township
Much of Minden Township works one town over
45% of working residents work in a town that borders Minden Township: St. Cloud (37%) and Sauk Rapids (8%). Next door ↓
Minden Township is where the jobs are
Minden Township has 1,630 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,500 people are in town, 59% more than the 1,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Minden Township makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in Minden Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Minden Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
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 718 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Minden Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Minden Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.2%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($76,250, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Minden 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, Minden Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
Minden Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 695 residents head out to work and 23 work right here.
About 2,500 people are in Minden Township on a workday afternoon, 59% more 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.
65% of the jobs in Minden Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minden Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,474 → 1,630. 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 Minden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Minden Township: where workers come from
Where Minden Township clocks in
37% 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.
Minden Township’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minden Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 558 commuters (the 26% 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.
Where in the region Minden Township works
About 18% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Minden Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Minden Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Minden 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 752 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). 2.6% of Minden Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Minden Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Minden Township is 792nd of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 30 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 32 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 790 | Cheswick PA | 1,594 | $75K | 6.8% | 8.9% | 2% | A− |
| 791 | Santiago Township MN | 1,929 | $114K | 4.5% | 2.9% | 1% | A− |
| 792 | Minden Township MN | 1,543 | $76K | 3.2% | 1.7% | 3% | A− |
| 793 | Tilden WI | 1,537 | $107K | 5.3% | 2.8% | 1% | A− |
| 794 | Little River WI | 1,126 | $92K | 1.8% | 0.8% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Minden Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
45% of Minden Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to St. Cloud (37%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Minden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minden Township | – | A− | C− | 22 min | $76,250 |
| St. Cloud | 37% | C | A | 20 min | $61,374 |
| Sauk Rapids | 8% | B | B+ | 19 min | $71,841 |
| Sauk Rapids Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| St. George Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $111,417 |
| Mayhew Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Haven Township | under 2% | A− | C | 28 min | $104,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sauk Rapids Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Mayhew Lake Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Minden 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 Minden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Minden Township?
$76,250 (±$9,727) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minden Township?
3.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minden Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Minden Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (37%, 8 mi), Sauk Rapids (8%, 4 mi), Waite Park (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Minden Township walkable?
Minden Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Minden Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Minden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minden 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.