Southside Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For jobs and income Southside Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (D). Southside Township has 204 jobs, against 726 working residents. Only 2% work in Southside Township; the top destination outside it is Annandale (12%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Southside Township, in a few figures
Southside Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Southside Township is a place people come home to
There are 204 jobs based in Southside Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Southside Township has about 1,000 people in it, 33% 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 726 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Southside Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Southside Township’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Southside 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, Southside Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Time on the road from Southside Township: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Southside Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 551 commuters (the 12% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Southside Township
On a workday 714 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Southside Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where people from Southside Township work
Where Southside Township clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
A place that makes things: 79% of Southside Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Southside Township, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 204. 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 Southside Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Southside Township goes to work
About 16% 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.
In Southside Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 624 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). 1.9% of Southside Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Southside Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Southside Township is 1,880th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,878 | Livonia NY | 1,469 | $72K | 9.3% | 2.6% | 5% | B− |
| 1,879 | Lake Eunice Township MN | 1,752 | $90K | 5.5% | 2.5% | 2% | B− |
| 1,880 | Southside Township MN | 1,560 | $81K | 7.5% | 1.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,881 | Wabasso FL | 1,467 | $59K | 3.6% | 1.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,882 | Durand IL | 1,380 | $66K | 7.0% | 2.4% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Southside Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door is work for 16% of Southside Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Southside Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Township | – | B− | D | 35 min | $81,429 |
| Fair Haven Township | under 2% | B | C− | 34 min | $89,034 |
| Fairhaven | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| French Lake Township | 2% | B+ | D | 37 min | $104,940 |
| Annandale | 12% | B− | B− | 29 min | $65,583 |
| Corinna Township | 2% | A− | C | 30 min | $87,635 |
| Kingston Township | under 2% | B | C | 29 min | $84,861 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairhaven: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Annandale. Darker towns draw more of Southside 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 Southside Township: questions
What is the median household income in Southside Township?
$81,429 (±$11,639) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Southside Township?
7.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Southside Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Southside Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Annandale (12%, 4 mi), Buffalo (9%, 18 mi), St. Cloud (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Southside Township walkable?
Southside Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Southside 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 Southside Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Southside 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.