Miller, Harrison, Farmhouse · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Stanton Township has higher household incomes than 91% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 4.7% of residents, against 9.3% across Minnesota. Jobs and income earn Stanton Township A; getting around on foot earns it B. The average commute takes 25 minutes each way; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Stanton Township in brief
Income, poverty and work: Stanton Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Stanton Township is better than 89% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($129,539, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Stanton 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, Stanton Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
The daily flow of workers through Stanton Township
On a workday 565 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Stanton Township on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.19 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.
14% of working residents work in Cannon Falls
Where Stanton Township clocks in
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.
Inside Stanton Township’s 108 jobs
108 jobs are based in Stanton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanton Township, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 108. 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 Stanton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanton Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 465 commuters (the 15% 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.
How far it is to work from Stanton Township
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.
Getting around Stanton Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stanton Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Stanton Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 547 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 21% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 21% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 0.5% of Stanton Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Stanton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Stanton Township ranks: 175th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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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| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 24 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 173 | Monroe Township IL | 1,428 | $93K | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| 174 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| 175 | Stanton Township MN | 1,129 | $130K | 4.7% | 2.0% | 1% | A |
| 176 | Fairfield Township OH | 1,447 | $106K | 2.6% | 3.0% | 1% | A |
| 177 | Treynor IA | 1,088 | $122K | 5.1% | 4.9% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Stanton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns next door employ 14% of Stanton Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stanton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton Township | – | A | B | 25 min | $129,539 |
| Randolph Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Cannon Falls Township | under 2% | B | B− | 25 min | $97,950 |
| Sciota Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Cannon Falls | 14% | A− | A | 22 min | $84,097 |
| Warsaw Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Randolph Township, Sciota Township and Warsaw Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cannon Falls. Darker towns draw more of Stanton 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 Stanton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Stanton Township?
$129,539 (±$11,533) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanton Township?
4.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanton Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanton Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cannon Falls (14%, 5 mi), Northfield (6%, 10 mi), Rochester (5%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stanton Township walkable?
Stanton Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stanton Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 21% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stanton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanton 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.