Scandia Valley Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Scandia Valley Township report 174 jobs; 549 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Scandia Valley Township B; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 6% work in Scandia Valley Township itself; outside it, Motley draws the most (12%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Scandia Valley Township apart
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Scandia Valley Township
On income, poverty and job access, Scandia Valley Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Scandia Valley Township’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: Scandia Valley 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, Scandia Valley Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
About 32 minutes each way for Scandia Valley Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scandia Valley Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 504 commuters (the 15% 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 works in Scandia Valley Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 518 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Scandia Valley Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Scandia Valley Township to work: where people go
Where Scandia Valley Township clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Scandia Valley Township makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scandia Valley Township, 2014 → 2024: 155 → 174. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scandia Valley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Scandia Valley Township
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Scandia Valley Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Scandia Valley Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% 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 590 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 Scandia Valley Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Scandia Valley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Scandia Valley Township ranks 1,581st of 5,400 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 9 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,579 | Coalville UT | 1,529 | $96K | 12.1% | 0.9% | 13% | B |
| 1,580 | Centerville Township MI | 1,281 | $98K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,581 | Scandia Valley Township MN | 1,346 | $82K | 3.2% | 0.8% | 6% | B |
| 1,582 | Warrensburg IL | 1,068 | $82K | 8.1% | 5.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,583 | Crosby ND | 1,027 | $83K | 0.0% | 2.3% | 36% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Scandia Valley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Around Scandia Valley Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scandia Valley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scandia Valley Township | – | B | C | 32 min | $81,750 |
| Fort Ripley Township | under 2% | C | C | 31 min | $75,000 |
| Cushing Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Rosing Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Fawn Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Sylvan Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $95,354 |
| Motley Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cushing Township, Rosing Township, Fawn Lake Township and Motley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Scandia Valley 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 2024, 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 Scandia Valley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Scandia Valley Township?
$81,750 (±$17,117) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scandia Valley Township?
3.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scandia Valley Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scandia Valley Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Motley (12%, 9 mi), Little Falls (11%, 20 mi), Brainerd (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Scandia Valley Township walkable?
Scandia Valley Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scandia Valley 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 Scandia Valley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scandia Valley Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.