At 0.9%, unemployment in St. Wendel Township is lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
Only 1% work in St. Wendel Township itself; outside it, St. Cloud draws the most (33%, 10 miles). The two grades for St. Wendel Township are A− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Measured by household income, St. Wendel Township is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
St. Wendel Township and work: the main findings
St. Wendel Township is a place people come home to
There are 186 jobs based in St. Wendel Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday St. Wendel Township has about 1,300 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of St. Wendel Township’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 26 minutes, longer than the Minnesota average of 23. Time on the road ↓
One in three of St. Wendel Township works in St. Cloud
369 working residents, 33%, have their main job in St. Cloud, 10 miles away. That’s 33 times as many as work in St. Wendel Township itself. The commute map ↓
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.
St. Wendel Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Wendel Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds St. Wendel Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% 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, St. Wendel Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
The daily commute in and out of St. Wendel Township
On a workday 1,110 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in St. Wendel Township on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.17 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in St. Wendel Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Wendel Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,096 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.
Where St. Wendel Township’s working residents head each day
Where St. Wendel Township clocks in
33% of workers
7% 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.
In St. Wendel Township, 31% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
186 jobs are based in St. Wendel Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Wendel Township, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 186. 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. Wendel Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from St. Wendel Township
About 18% 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 St. Wendel Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Wendel Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 2.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,248 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. Wendel Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of St. Wendel Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000, St. Wendel Township ranks 859th of 5,641 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 20 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 857 | Carleton MI | 2,302 | $73K | 7.6% | 2.1% | 1% | A− |
| 858 | Coe Township IL | 1,759 | $128K | 2.7% | 5.4% | 6% | A− |
| 859 | St. Wendel Township MN | 2,210 | $105K | 7.4% | 0.9% | 1% | A− |
| 860 | Lower Mount Bethel Township PA | 2,923 | $84K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 4% | A− |
| 861 | Greenfield Township PA | 2,284 | $107K | 8.8% | 0.4% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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. Wendel Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door is work for 16% of St. Wendel Township
The biggest share goes to Sartell (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Wendel Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Wendel Township | – | A− | D− | 26 min | $105,057 |
| Le Sauk Township | under 2% | A− | C | 22 min | $94,167 |
| Avon Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 27 min | $107,917 |
| St. Joseph | 5% | B− | B+ | 19 min | $74,946 |
| Sartell | 7% | A− | C+ | 19 min | $84,131 |
| St. Joseph Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Brockway Township | 4% | A | C | 25 min | $116,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. St. Joseph Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Wendel 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. Wendel Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. Wendel Township?
$105,057 (±$32,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Wendel Township?
7.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Wendel Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Wendel Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (33%, 10 mi), Sartell (7%, 6 mi), Waite Park (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Wendel Township walkable?
St. Wendel Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Wendel Township without a car?
<1% 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. Wendel Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Wendel 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.