Church of the Most Holy Trinity (Catholic) · Photo: Elkman · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Wheatland Township works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Wheatland Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns. 87 jobs are based in Wheatland Township for 660 working residents. The two grades for Wheatland Township are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wheatland Township and work: the main findings
The four measures behind Wheatland Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Wheatland Township is better than 79% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($114,375, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Wheatland 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, Wheatland Township could be anywhere from B to A.
How many people are in Wheatland Township by day
On a workday 655 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Wheatland Township on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
11% of working residents work in Northfield
Where Wheatland Township clocks in
5% 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: 33% of the jobs in Wheatland Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wheatland Township, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 87. 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 Wheatland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Wheatland Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wheatland Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 607 commuters (the 16% 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 far Wheatland Township’s workers travel
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.
Few in Wheatland Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wheatland Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 726 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). 1.2% of Wheatland Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wheatland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Wheatland Township ranks 563rd of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 9 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 561 | Lake Marcel-Stillwater WA | 1,549 | $202K | 5.3% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 562 | Limestone IL | 1,518 | $104K | 4.7% | 3.9% | 1% | A− |
| 563 | Wheatland Township MN | 1,307 | $114K | 7.0% | 2.7% | 1% | A− |
| 564 | Emory VA | 1,419 | $112K | 3.4% | 7.6% | 4% | A− |
| 565 | Biglick Township OH | 1,137 | $103K | 3.4% | 4.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Wheatland Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work in the towns next to Wheatland Township
The biggest share goes to Lonsdale (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wheatland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland Township | – | A− | C | 25 min | $114,375 |
| Lonsdale | 3% | A | B− | 32 min | $95,176 |
| Erin Township | under 4% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Webster Township | under 4% | A | C− | 27 min | $119,671 |
| Lanesburgh Township | under 4% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $121,908 |
| Cedar Lake Township | under 4% | A | D | 32 min | $173,500 |
| Montgomery Township | under 4% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Erin Township and Montgomery Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wheatland 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 Wheatland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wheatland Township?
$114,375 (±$27,446) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wheatland Township?
7.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wheatland Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wheatland Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Northfield (11%, 15 mi), New Prague (6%, 6 mi), Lakeville (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wheatland Township walkable?
Wheatland Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wheatland 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 Wheatland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wheatland 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.