Cota Round Barns · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of St. George Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 132 jobs in St. George Township, and 595 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn St. George Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Measured by household income, St. George Township is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
St. George Township and work: the main findings
St. George Township and St. Cloud trade workers both ways
St. Cloud is the top workplace for St. George Township residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in St. George Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
St. George Township is a place people come home to
There are 132 jobs based in St. George Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday St. George Township has about 830 people in it, 36% 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 595 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in St. George Township
On income, poverty and job access, St. George Township is better than 85% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($111,417, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.2%) is left out: St. George 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, St. George Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
32% of working residents work in St. Cloud
Where St. George Township clocks in
32% 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.
How many people are in St. George Township by day
On a workday 593 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in St. George Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
In St. George Township, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. George Township, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 132. 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 St. George Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for St. George Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. George Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 594 commuters (the 6% 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 distance from St. George Township to work
About 19% 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.
Most trips from St. George Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. George Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 632 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). 0.0% of St. George Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. George Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, St. George Township is 345th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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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| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 29 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 343 | Palm Beach Shores FL | 1,350 | $87K | 5.3% | 9.1% | 5% | A− |
| 344 | Newcomb Township IL | 1,345 | $109K | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1% | A− |
| 345 | St. George Township MN | 1,295 | $111K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A− |
| 346 | Litchfield CT | 1,220 | $110K | 6.1% | 6.5% | 3% | A− |
| 347 | Baltic SD | 1,344 | $108K | 1.2% | 2.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 St. George Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Around St. George Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Minden Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. George Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George Township | – | A− | C+ | 26 min | $111,417 |
| Palmer Township | under 2% | A | C− | 33 min | $120,625 |
| Gilmanton Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Glendorado Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Minden Township | 3% | A− | C− | 22 min | $76,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gilmanton Township and Glendorado Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. George 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 St. George Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. George Township?
$111,417 (±$15,277) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. George Township?
4.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. George Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. George Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (32%, 12 mi), Sauk Rapids (8%, 10 mi), Foley (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. George Township walkable?
St. George Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. George Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. George Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. George 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.