Photo: Travellers & Tinkers · CC BY-SA 4.0Where St. Lawrence Township earns its living
Only 2% work in St. Lawrence Township; the top destination outside it is Belle Plaine (12%, 4 miles). The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26). Employers in St. Lawrence Township report 203 jobs, and 251 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from St. Lawrence Township, in brief
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Lawrence Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 263 commuters (the 13% 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.
St. Lawrence Township by day and by night
On a workday 247 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in St. Lawrence Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of St. Lawrence Township to work: where people go
Where St. Lawrence Township clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
What St. Lawrence Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Lawrence Township, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 203. 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. Lawrence Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far St. Lawrence Township’s workers travel
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.
St. Lawrence Township and its neighbors: 17% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Lawrence Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Lawrence Township | – | — | — | 30 min | $125,625 |
| San Francisco Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Jordan | 5% | A | B | 32 min | $110,057 |
| Belle Plaine Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Sand Creek Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 28 min | $101,023 |
| Belle Plaine | 12% | A− | B− | 26 min | $99,315 |
Same-state neighbors only. San Francisco Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Belle Plaine Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Belle Plaine. Darker towns draw more of St. Lawrence 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. Lawrence Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. Lawrence Township?
$125,625 (±$16,670) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Lawrence Township?
2.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Lawrence Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Lawrence Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Belle Plaine (12%, 4 mi), Eden Prairie (11%, 18 mi), Shakopee (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Lawrence Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Lawrence Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Lawrence 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.