Most of Victor Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Working residents average 28 minutes each way, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26. Victor Township has 103 jobs; 528 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Victor Township B−; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Victor Township
Victor Township is a place people come home to
There are 103 jobs based in Victor Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Victor Township has about 640 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Victor Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 528 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Victor Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Victor Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Victor Township’s grade up ($87,946, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.4%) is left out: Victor 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, Victor Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Who commutes out of Victor Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 522 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Victor Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
The daily trip from Victor Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Victor Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 406 commuters (the 17% 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.
13% of working residents work in Howard Lake
Where Victor 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.
Goods, not services: 64% of the jobs in Victor Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Victor Township, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 103. 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 Victor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Victor Township works
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.
Driving is how Victor Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Victor Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Victor 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 489 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Victor Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Victor Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Victor Township is 963rd among 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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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| 6 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 961 | Portland WI | 1,094 | $81K | 11.5% | 4.0% | 1% | B− |
| 962 | Diamond Ridge AK | 1,329 | $88K | 3.9% | 2.3% | — | B− |
| 963 | Victor Township MN | 1,064 | $88K | 8.9% | 0.4% | 1% | B− |
| 964 | Worth Township PA | 1,357 | $69K | 7.1% | 10.2% | 2% | B− |
| 965 | St. Ansgar IA | 1,168 | $76K | 5.4% | 2.8% | 20% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Victor Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Victor Township and its neighbors: 13% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Victor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Township | – | B− | D− | 28 min | $87,946 |
| Howard Lake | 13% | B− | C | 34 min | $92,188 |
| Woodland Township | under 3% | A− | B | 34 min | $96,563 |
| Middleville Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $117,500 |
| Stockholm Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Winsted Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stockholm Township and Winsted Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Howard Lake. Darker towns draw more of Victor 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 Victor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Victor Township?
$87,946 (±$18,978) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Victor Township?
8.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Victor Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Victor Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Howard Lake (13%, 3 mi), Buffalo (7%, 16 mi), Delano (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Victor Township walkable?
Victor Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Victor Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Victor Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Victor 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.