Most of Munson Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
89 jobs are based in Munson Township, and 669 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Munson Township are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Hardly any work in Munson Township; the top destination outside it is St. Cloud (18%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Munson Township
Munson Township is a place people come home to
There are 89 jobs based in Munson Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Munson Township has about 910 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Munson 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 669 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Munson Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Munson Township is better than 86% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Munson Township’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (6.8%) is left out: Munson 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, Munson Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
A workday in Munson Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 663 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Munson Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
About 28 minutes each way for Munson Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Munson Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 557 commuters (the 18% 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.
The towns that employ Munson Township’s residents
Where Munson Township clocks in
18% of workers
7% of workers
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: 65% of the jobs in Munson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Munson Township, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 89. 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 Munson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Munson Township, by distance
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.
Driving is how Munson Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Munson Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Munson 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 678 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). 0.0% of Munson Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Munson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Munson Township next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000: 431st of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 429 | Bennington NE | 1,968 | $98K | 5.3% | 3.0% | <1% | A |
| 430 | New Haven Township MN | 1,259 | $133K | 3.6% | 1.7% | <1% | A |
| 431 | Munson Township MN | 1,491 | $121K | 2.5% | 6.8% | 1% | A |
| 432 | Toro Canyon CA | 1,477 | $141K | 6.0% | 5.9% | 5% | A |
| 433 | Orchard Grass Hills KY | 1,623 | $107K | 7.4% | 3.1% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Munson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around Munson Township
The biggest share goes to Wakefield Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Munson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munson Township | – | A | C− | 28 min | $121,000 |
| Richmond | 3% | C+ | B− | 19 min | $71,438 |
| Wakefield Township | 4% | A− | C | 29 min | $108,333 |
| Eden Lake Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 26 min | $106,518 |
| Zion Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Farming Township | under 3% | B− | C | 25 min | $95,417 |
| Roscoe | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Paynesville Township | under 3% | B+ | A− | 26 min | $103,906 |
Same-state neighbors only. Zion Township and Roscoe: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Munson 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 Munson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Munson Township?
$121,000 (±$16,061) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Munson Township?
2.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Munson Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Munson Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (18%, 20 mi), Cold Spring (7%, 7 mi), Paynesville (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Munson Township walkable?
Munson Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Munson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Munson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Munson 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.