Households in Wakefield Township have higher incomes than those in 83% of U.S. towns
Wakefield Township grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Below the poverty line: 4.0% of residents, against 9.3% across Minnesota. Only 6% work in Wakefield Township; the top destination outside it is St. Cloud (23%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wakefield Township: the figures worth knowing
Wakefield Township makes and builds things
81% of the jobs based in Wakefield Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wakefield Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Wakefield Township pay over $40,000 a year
79% of the jobs based in Wakefield Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Wakefield Township and St. Cloud trade workers both ways
St. Cloud is the top workplace for Wakefield Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Wakefield Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Wakefield Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 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.
Where Wakefield Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wakefield Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #127 of 273 in Minnesota. The poverty rate holds Wakefield Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wakefield Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Goods jobs make up 81% of work in Wakefield Township
979 jobs are based in Wakefield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wakefield Township, 2013 → 2023: 262 → 979. 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 Wakefield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Wakefield Township: the destinations
Where Wakefield Township clocks in
23% of workers
16% 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.
From Wakefield Township, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wakefield Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,238 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 a workday changes Wakefield Township
On a workday 1,158 residents head out to work, 77 work right here, and 902 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Wakefield Township
About 19% 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.
Wakefield Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wakefield Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #235 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Wakefield 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 1,464 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). 0.8% of Wakefield Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Wakefield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Wakefield Township is 894th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 18 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 892 | Bowne Township MI | 3,339 | $121K | 0.8% | 8.3% | 4% | A− |
| 893 | Athens Township MN | 2,175 | $88K | 8.8% | 2.2% | 1% | A− |
| 894 | Wakefield Township MN | 2,829 | $108K | 4.0% | 4.0% | 6% | A− |
| 895 | San Antonio Heights CA | 3,458 | $139K | 7.9% | 5.1% | 4% | A− |
| 896 | Lake Lakengren OH | 3,445 | $87K | 6.5% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Wakefield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Wakefield Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Richmond (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wakefield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield Township | – | A− | C | 29 min | $108,333 |
| Munson Township | under 2% | A | C− | 28 min | $121,000 |
| Richmond | 2% | C+ | B− | 19 min | $71,438 |
| Collegeville Township | under 2% | B | B | 18 min | $115,909 |
| Luxemburg Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Rockville | 2% | A | C− | 24 min | $105,329 |
| Maine Prairie Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $100,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Luxemburg Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wakefield 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 Wakefield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wakefield Township?
$108,333 (±$14,866) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wakefield Township?
4.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wakefield Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wakefield Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (23%, 15 mi), Cold Spring (16%, 2 mi), Waite Park (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wakefield Township walkable?
Wakefield Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wakefield Township without a car?
<1% 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 Wakefield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wakefield 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.