District No. 44 School · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Wheaton draws more than half of Taylor Township’s working residents
14 jobs are based in Taylor Township; 27 of its residents have a job. Only 4% work in Taylor Township; the top destination outside it is Wheaton (56%, 12 miles). A typical one-way commute from Taylor Township lasts 56 minutes (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Taylor Township by day and by night
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 71 people are in Taylor Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.52 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.
Where Taylor Township goes to work
Where Taylor Township clocks in
4% 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.
A place that makes things: 36% of Taylor Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taylor Township, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 14. 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 Taylor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Taylor Township: about 56 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Taylor Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 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.
Taylor Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% 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.
Around Taylor Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Taylor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Township | – | — | — | 56 min | $93,750 |
| Tintah Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Campbell Township | under 4% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Monson Township | under 4% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tintah Township, Campbell Township and Monson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Taylor 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 Taylor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Taylor Township?
$93,750 (±$60,022) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Taylor Township?
4.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Taylor Township?
56 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Taylor Township work?
4% work in town.
Can you get around Taylor Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Taylor Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Taylor 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.