Oak Lawn Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota. There are 390 jobs in Oak Lawn Township, and 750 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Oak Lawn Township are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Oak Lawn Township in brief
Oak Lawn Township and Brainerd trade workers both ways
Brainerd is the top workplace for Oak Lawn Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Oak Lawn Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Oak Lawn Township makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Oak Lawn Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Oak Lawn Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Oak Lawn Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 27% of Oak Lawn Township’s own working residents. 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 750 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Oak Lawn Township
On income, poverty and job access, Oak Lawn Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Oak Lawn Township’s grade up ($85,417, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Oak Lawn 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, Oak Lawn Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
26% of working residents work in Brainerd
Where Oak Lawn Township clocks in
26% of workers
3% 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.
Oak Lawn Township makes things: 45% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oak Lawn Township, 2013 → 2023: 251 → 390. 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 Oak Lawn Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Oak Lawn Township on a workday
On a workday 729 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 369 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Oak Lawn Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Getting to work from Oak Lawn Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oak Lawn Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 801 commuters (the 8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Oak Lawn Township
About 29% 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 of Oak Lawn Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oak Lawn Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Oak Lawn 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 874 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). 1.0% of Oak Lawn Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oak Lawn Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Oak Lawn Township ranks: 3,088th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,086 | Chetek WI | 2,152 | $64K | 13.2% | 3.7% | 13% | C+ |
| 3,087 | Jefferson Township IN | 2,389 | $74K | 6.5% | 8.4% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,088 | Oak Lawn Township MN | 1,886 | $85K | 13.5% | 3.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 3,089 | Germantown WI | 1,892 | $74K | 8.0% | 9.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 3,090 | Waterloo IN | 2,168 | $67K | 12.5% | 6.4% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 Oak Lawn Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
26% of Oak Lawn Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oak Lawn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Lawn Township | – | C+ | C | 21 min | $85,417 |
| Brainerd | 26% | D | A− | 20 min | $56,111 |
| Center Township | under 2% | C | D | 24 min | $74,554 |
| Nokay Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Irondale Township | under 2% | B− | C | 29 min | $86,591 |
| Long Lake Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 26 min | $85,385 |
| Riverton | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Nokay Lake Township and Riverton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Brainerd. Darker towns draw more of Oak Lawn 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 Oak Lawn Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oak Lawn Township?
$85,417 (±$12,687) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oak Lawn Township?
13.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oak Lawn Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oak Lawn Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brainerd (26%, 3 mi), Baxter (13%, 7 mi), Crosby (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oak Lawn Township walkable?
Oak Lawn Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oak Lawn Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oak Lawn Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oak Lawn 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.