Watab Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. 529 jobs are based in Watab Township, and 1,649 of its residents work somewhere. Watab Township grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Watab Township, in brief
Watab Township and St. Cloud trade workers both ways
St. Cloud is the top workplace for Watab Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Watab Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Watab Township makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Watab Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Watab Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Watab Township empties out on a workday
About 2,400 people are in Watab Township on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 3,500 who live here: 1,600 head out to work and 490 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Watab Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Watab Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #110 of 273 in Minnesota. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Watab Township could be anywhere from B to A.
33% of working residents work in St. Cloud
Where Watab Township clocks in
33% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 44% of the jobs in Watab Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Watab Township, 2013 → 2023: 446 → 529. 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 Watab Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Watab Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,611 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 491 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Watab Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Time on the road from Watab Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Watab Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,805 commuters (the 9% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Watab Township
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.
The commute in Watab Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Watab Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns, #272 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Watab 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 1,973 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). 2.8% of Watab Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Watab Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Watab Township ranks: 674th of 4,535 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 672 | Mogadore OH | 3,816 | $83K | 8.6% | 1.1% | 4% | A− |
| 673 | Gardner Township IL | 4,551 | $104K | 1.1% | 3.8% | 4% | A− |
| 674 | Watab Township MN | 3,478 | $99K | 6.6% | 1.8% | 2% | A− |
| 675 | Lafayette Township NJ | 2,417 | $129K | 5.4% | 3.2% | 5% | A− |
| 676 | Harris Township OH | 2,864 | $89K | 7.6% | 0.0% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Watab Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work in the towns next to Watab Township
The biggest share goes to Rice (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Watab Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watab Township | – | A− | D | 23 min | $99,018 |
| Brockway Township | under 2% | A | C | 25 min | $116,250 |
| Le Sauk Township | under 2% | A− | C | 22 min | $94,167 |
| Langola Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 29 min | $114,167 |
| Mayhew Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Sauk Rapids Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Rice | 5% | A | B− | 24 min | $107,692 |
Same-state neighbors only. Mayhew Lake Township: not graded. Sauk Rapids Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Watab 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 Watab Township: questions
What is the median household income in Watab Township?
$99,018 (±$29,629) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Watab Township?
6.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Watab Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Watab Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (33%, 11 mi), Sauk Rapids (8%, 7 mi), Sartell (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Watab Township walkable?
Watab Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Watab Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Watab Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Watab 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.