About two in three of Rocksbury Township’s working residents commute to Thief River Falls
Jobs & income B: better than 60% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 12 minutes each way (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Rocksbury Township; the top destination outside it is Thief River Falls (67%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Rocksbury Township
Much of Rocksbury Township works one town over
71% of working residents work in a town that borders Rocksbury Township: Thief River Falls (67%) and North Township (4%). Next door ↓
Most Rocksbury Township residents work close to home
73% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Rocksbury Township is a place people come home to
There are 86 jobs based in Rocksbury Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rocksbury Township has about 610 people in it, 42% 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; with 528 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Rocksbury Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Rocksbury Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Rocksbury Township’s grade up ($112,548, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Rocksbury Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rocksbury Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Half of Rocksbury Township commutes less than 4 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 17% 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.
Rocksbury Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 524 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Rocksbury Township on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.16 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.
67% of working residents work in Thief River Falls
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Rocksbury Township clocks in
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 86 jobs in Rocksbury Township are
86 jobs are based in Rocksbury Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rocksbury Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rocksbury Township, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 86. 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.
About 12 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rocksbury Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 670 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Most trips from Rocksbury Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rocksbury Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Rocksbury 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 736 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). 0.0% of Rocksbury Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Rocksbury Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rocksbury Township is 750th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rocksbury Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
| # | 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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| 748 | Manitowoc WI | 1,074 | $82K | 9.4% | 3.4% | 1% | B |
| 749 | Black Diamond FL | 1,298 | $96K | 6.7% | 12.1% | 1% | B |
| 750 | Rocksbury Township MN | 1,050 | $113K | 7.5% | 2.5% | 1% | B |
| 751 | Amanda Township OH | 1,048 | $99K | 7.9% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 752 | Potomac Heights MD | 1,351 | $72K | 9.5% | 5.2% | 1% | 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.
71% of Rocksbury Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Thief River Falls (67%). Darker towns draw more of Rocksbury Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rocksbury Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocksbury Township | – | B | C− | 12 min | $112,548 |
| Thief River Falls | 67% | C+ | B+ | 10 min | $71,144 |
| North Township | 4% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Smiley Township | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Sanders Township | under 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Black River Township | under 1% | — | — | 8 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Township, Smiley Township, Sanders Township and Black River Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Rocksbury Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rocksbury Township?
$112,548 (±$14,352) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rocksbury Township?
7.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rocksbury Township?
12 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rocksbury Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thief River Falls (67%, 4 mi), North Township (4%, 6 mi), Medina (2%, 243 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rocksbury Township walkable?
Rocksbury Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rocksbury Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rocksbury Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rocksbury 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.