Hagel Family Farm · Photo: Elkman · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Rogers earn more than those in 96% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Rogers itself; outside it, Minneapolis draws the most (13%, 21 miles). 1.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.3% across Minnesota. The two grades for Rogers are A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rogers at work: what stands out
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Rogers
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rogers is among the top U.S. towns, #4 of 273 in Minnesota. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Rogers’ grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rogers stays A+.
Where Rogers goes to work
Where Rogers clocks in
13% of workers
7% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Rogers
On a workday 6,471 residents head out to work, 718 work right here, and 9,215 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Rogers on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
29% of the jobs in Rogers make or build things
9,933 jobs are based in Rogers.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rogers, 2013 → 2023: 8,376 → 9,933. 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 Rogers’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Rogers spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rogers workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,103 commuters (the 25% 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.
How far Rogers goes to work
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.
In Rogers, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rogers is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #188 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Rogers 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 6,775 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). 3.4% of Rogers households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Rogers’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000, Rogers comes 3rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 4 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 5 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 6 | Mendota Heights MN | 11,475 | $133K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Victoria MN | 12,447 | $196K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Dayton MN | 11,402 | $149K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Rogers, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around Rogers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rogers workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers | – | A+ | B− | 25 min | $158,750 |
| St. Michael | under 3% | A+ | C | 29 min | $131,274 |
| Otsego | under 3% | A+ | C− | 30 min | $119,927 |
| Dayton | under 3% | A+ | C− | 27 min | $148,947 |
| Hanover | under 3% | A+ | C− | 31 min | $156,536 |
| Corcoran | under 3% | A+ | C− | 25 min | $133,423 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rogers’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 Rogers: questions
What is the median household income in Rogers?
$158,750 (±$23,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rogers?
1.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rogers?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rogers work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (13%, 21 mi), Maple Grove (7%, 7 mi), Plymouth (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rogers walkable?
Rogers is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rogers without a car?
2% 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 Rogers, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rogers
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.