Northwest Company Post · Photo: Jonathunder · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Royalton Township works elsewhere
Royalton Township has 49 jobs, and 455 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Royalton Township are B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Hardly any stay in Royalton Township for work; outside it, Pine City is the main destination (18%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Royalton Township, in a few figures
Royalton Township is a place people come home to
There are 49 jobs based in Royalton Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Royalton Township has about 680 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Royalton Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 77 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 455 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Royalton Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Royalton Township is better than 47% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Royalton Township’s grade up ($86,000, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Royalton 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, Royalton Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Royalton Township by day and by night
On a workday 451 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Royalton Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The trip to work from Royalton Township: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Royalton Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 377 commuters (the 11% 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.
Commuting out of Royalton Township: the destinations
Where Royalton Township clocks in
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.
47% of the jobs in Royalton Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Royalton Township, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 49. 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 Royalton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Royalton Township
About 25% 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 Royalton Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Royalton Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 424 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). 2.2% of Royalton Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Royalton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Royalton Township comes 1,357th 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 | 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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| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 24 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 26 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,355 | Jolivue VA | 1,075 | $38K | 4.0% | 6.1% | 3% | B− |
| 1,356 | Liberty Township OH | 1,361 | $77K | 9.6% | 6.4% | 2% | B− |
| 1,357 | Royalton Township MN | 1,086 | $86K | 7.7% | 1.8% | 1% | B− |
| 1,358 | Thompson Township OH | 1,371 | $80K | 9.1% | 8.5% | 1% | B− |
| 1,359 | Franklin Springs GA | 1,206 | $76K | 9.3% | 7.2% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Royalton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Royalton Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Pokegama Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Royalton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royalton Township | – | B− | C− | 33 min | $86,000 |
| Pokegama Township | 2% | B− | C | 37 min | $77,888 |
| Pine City Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 32 min | $85,536 |
| Nessel Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 33 min | $86,290 |
| Rock Creek | under 2% | B− | D | 33 min | $94,856 |
| Grass Lake Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 42 min | $82,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Royalton 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 Royalton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Royalton Township?
$86,000 (±$12,214) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Royalton Township?
7.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Royalton Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Royalton Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pine City (18%, 7 mi), Cambridge (7%, 16 mi), North Branch (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Royalton Township walkable?
Royalton Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Royalton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Royalton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Royalton 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.