Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Victoria’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 33% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Below the poverty line: 2.1% of residents, next to 9.3% for Minnesota as a whole. For jobs and income Victoria is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Victoria, in brief
Victoria workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (22 to 27 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Victoria
33% of Victoria workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Time on the road ↓
Victoria is a place people come home to
There are 1,261 jobs based in Victoria, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Victoria has about 8,200 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Victoria
76% of Victoria residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 58% of the jobs based in Victoria pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Victoria
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Victoria is among the top U.S. towns, #10 of 273 in Minnesota. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Victoria’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Victoria stays A+.
Time on the road from Victoria: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Victoria workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,132 commuters (the 33% 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.
Victoria on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5,363 residents head out to work, 194 work right here, and 1,067 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,200 people are in Victoria on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.23 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.
What the 1,261 jobs in Victoria are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Victoria, 2013 → 2023: 1,084 → 1,261. 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 Victoria’s own residents hold wherever they work.
11% of working residents work in Eden Prairie
Where Victoria clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Victoria
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.
Victoria is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 7.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,198 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). 0.3% of Victoria households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Victoria’s commuters take a bus or train.
22nd of 2,354: where Victoria ranks among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 6 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 10 | Mendota Heights MN | 11,475 | $133K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 6% | A+ |
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| 20 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
| 21 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| 22 | Victoria MN | 12,447 | $196K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| 23 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| 24 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
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| 30 | Dayton MN | 11,402 | $149K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Victoria, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns next door employ 13% of Victoria
The biggest share goes to Chanhassen (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Victoria workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | – | A+ | A− | 35 min | $195,639 |
| Laketown Township | under 4% | A+ | B+ | 22 min | $150,083 |
| Chanhassen | 7% | A+ | B | 22 min | $143,651 |
| Chaska | 6% | A | B | 23 min | $110,956 |
| Minnetrista | under 4% | A | B− | 27 min | $163,051 |
| Shorewood | under 4% | A | A− | 23 min | $171,063 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Victoria’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 Victoria: questions
What is the median household income in Victoria?
$195,639 (±$8,044) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Victoria?
2.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Victoria?
35 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Victoria work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eden Prairie (11%, 10 mi), Minneapolis (11%, 21 mi), Chanhassen (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Victoria walkable?
Victoria is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Victoria without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Victoria, from the people who make the trip.
More of Victoria
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.