Sterling Congregational Church · Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Sterling Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Hardly any work in Sterling Township itself; outside it, Mankato draws the most (28%, 20 miles). Sterling Township has 35 jobs, and 104 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 35 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Sterling Township
On a workday 103 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Sterling Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where Sterling Township goes to work
Where Sterling Township clocks in
28% of workers
12% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Sterling Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sterling Township, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 35. 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 Sterling Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Sterling Township: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sterling Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 160 commuters (the 14% 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 Sterling Township’s workers travel
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.
Sterling Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sterling Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Township | – | — | — | 35 min | $111,250 |
| Mapleton Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Shelby Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Lyra Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Delavan Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Winnebago City Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mapleton Township, Shelby Township, Lyra Township, Delavan Township and Winnebago City Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sterling 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 Sterling Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sterling Township?
$111,250 (±$23,205) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sterling Township?
1.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sterling Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sterling Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mankato (28%, 20 mi), North Mankato (13%, 20 mi), Mapleton (12%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sterling Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sterling Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sterling 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.