Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Spencer Brook Township has lower unemployment (1.5%) than 90% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Spencer Brook Township A−; getting around on foot earns it D. Measured by household income, Spencer Brook Township is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. 9% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Spencer Brook Township: the figures worth knowing
Spencer Brook Township is a place people come home to
There are 74 jobs based in Spencer Brook Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spencer Brook Township has about 960 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Spencer Brook Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 84 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 850 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Spencer Brook Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Spencer Brook Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Spencer Brook Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Spencer Brook Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
In and out of Spencer Brook Township on a workday
On a workday 844 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Spencer Brook Township on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
0.09 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.
Commuting from Spencer Brook Township: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spencer Brook Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 902 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
7% of working residents work in Cambridge
Where Spencer Brook Township clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Spencer Brook Township makes things: 88% of its jobs are in goods
74 jobs are based in Spencer Brook Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spencer Brook Township, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 74. 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 Spencer Brook Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Spencer Brook Township works
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 Spencer Brook Township, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 996 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). 0.5% of Spencer Brook Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spencer Brook Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Spencer Brook Township next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300: 524th of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 522 | Germantown Township IL | 2,150 | $97K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 8% | A− |
| 523 | Augusta Township KS | 1,224 | $84K | 1.8% | 1.3% | 1% | A− |
| 524 | Spencer Brook Township MN | 1,734 | $104K | 5.6% | 1.5% | 1% | A− |
| 525 | Woodlands CA | 2,061 | $137K | 5.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 526 | Edgerton KS | 1,744 | $85K | 4.3% | 2.8% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Spencer Brook Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door to Spencer Brook Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spencer Brook Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Brook Township | – | A− | D | 34 min | $103,818 |
| Stanford Township | under 3% | A− | D | 30 min | $104,107 |
| Bradford Township | under 3% | B− | C | 31 min | $92,574 |
| Wyanett Township | under 3% | A− | D | 37 min | $101,912 |
| Baldwin | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spencer Brook 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 Spencer Brook Township: questions
What is the median household income in Spencer Brook Township?
$103,818 (±$3,805) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spencer Brook Township?
5.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spencer Brook Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spencer Brook Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambridge (7%, 11 mi), Anoka (5%, 21 mi), Princeton (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spencer Brook Township walkable?
Spencer Brook Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spencer Brook Township without a car?
0% 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 Spencer Brook Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spencer Brook 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.