Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0Orrock Township’s household incomes are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
3.6% of residents are in poverty, next to 9.3% for Minnesota as a whole. Jobs and income earn Orrock Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 1% work in Orrock Township itself; outside it, Elk River draws the most (7%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Orrock Township at work: what stands out
Orrock Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Orrock Township is a place people come home to
There are 155 jobs based in Orrock Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Orrock Township has about 1,800 people in it, 51% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
How Orrock Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Orrock Township is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #104 of 273 in Minnesota. Household income holds Orrock Township’s grade up ($126,107, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Orrock Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Orrock Township’s commute takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orrock Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,642 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.
Who commutes out of Orrock Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,996 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Orrock Township on a workday afternoon, 51% fewer than live here.
0.08 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Orrock Township ends
Where Orrock Township clocks in
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 31% of the jobs in Orrock Township
155 jobs are based in Orrock Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orrock Township, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 155. 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 Orrock Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Orrock 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.
The commute in Orrock Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Orrock Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #212 of 273 in Minnesota. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,946 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). 1.3% of Orrock Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Orrock Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Orrock Township places 609th of 4,318 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 6 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 16 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 607 | East Dundee IL | 3,130 | $90K | 11.8% | 1.1% | 5% | A− |
| 608 | Limestone Township IL | 4,961 | $112K | 5.0% | 2.4% | 2% | A− |
| 609 | Orrock Township MN | 3,698 | $126K | 3.6% | 2.0% | 1% | A− |
| 610 | Old Town Township IL | 3,404 | $149K | 7.4% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| 611 | Heidelberg Township PA | 3,411 | $92K | 1.5% | 3.7% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Orrock Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Orrock Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orrock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orrock Township | – | A− | C+ | 37 min | $126,107 |
| Big Lake Township | under 3% | A | C− | 31 min | $123,077 |
| Livonia Township | under 3% | A+ | B− | 38 min | $137,000 |
| Becker Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Blue Hill Township | under 3% | B | D | 32 min | $108,113 |
Same-state neighbors only. Becker Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Orrock 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 Orrock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Orrock Township?
$126,107 (±$26,378) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orrock Township?
3.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orrock Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orrock Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elk River (7%, 9 mi), Minneapolis (7%, 38 mi), Big Lake (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Orrock Township walkable?
Orrock Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Orrock Township without a car?
<1% 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 Orrock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orrock 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.