Waterbury Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Waterbury Township report 2 jobs for 71 working residents. Hardly any stay in Waterbury Township for work; outside it, Redwood Falls is the main destination (24%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Waterbury Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 71 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 98 people are in Waterbury Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Waterbury Township goes to work
Where Waterbury Township clocks in
24% 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.
What Waterbury Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waterbury Township, 2014 → 2024: 5 → 2. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waterbury Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way for Waterbury Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waterbury Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 74 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.
Waterbury Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around Waterbury Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Lamberton Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Waterbury Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterbury Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $106,250 |
| Vail Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Lamberton Township | 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Willow Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Johnsonville Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Vail Township, Lamberton Township, Willow Lake Township and Johnsonville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Waterbury 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 2024, 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 Waterbury Township: questions
What is the median household income in Waterbury Township?
$106,250 (±$38,774) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waterbury Township?
0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waterbury Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waterbury Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Redwood Falls (24%, 19 mi), Wabasso (8%, 6 mi), Marshall (8%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Waterbury 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 Waterbury Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waterbury Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.