Photo: McGhiever · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in White Bear Township top those of 91% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 2.3% of residents (Minnesota 9.3%). White Bear Township grades A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 25% of workers (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where White Bear Township stands out on work
White Bear Township makes and builds things
61% of the jobs based in White Bear Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs White Bear Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in White Bear Township pay over $40,000 a year
74% of the jobs based in White Bear Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
What’s behind White Bear Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, White Bear Township is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #29 of 273 in Minnesota. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, White Bear Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Making and building: 61% of jobs based in White Bear Township
3,596 jobs are based in White Bear Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Bear Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,787 → 3,596. 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 White Bear Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves White Bear Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 5,162 residents head out to work, 113 work right here, and 3,483 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,700 people are in White Bear Township on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.68 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.
14% of working residents work in Minneapolis
Where White Bear Township clocks in
14% of workers
13% 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.
About 24 minutes each way, about the MN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Bear Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,176 commuters (the 25% 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 it is to work from White Bear Township
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.
White Bear Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, White Bear Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #172 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place White Bear 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 5,552 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 6% 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% 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). 2.4% of White Bear Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of White Bear Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, White Bear Township is 115th of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | 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 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Albertville MN | 8,544 | $133K | 1.1% | 0.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 12 | Mendota Heights MN | 11,475 | $133K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Victoria MN | 12,447 | $196K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | East Pikeland Township PA | 8,654 | $147K | 0.9% | 3.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 114 | Lowes Island VA | 11,018 | $221K | 1.6% | 3.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 115 | White Bear Township MN | 10,399 | $129K | 2.3% | 3.2% | 2% | A+ |
| 116 | Dunn Loring VA | 8,957 | $244K | 5.1% | 3.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 117 | Dranesville VA | 11,828 | $215K | 2.8% | 3.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 White Bear Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
14% of White Bear Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to White Bear Lake (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White Bear Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Bear Township | – | A+ | B | 24 min | $128,963 |
| White Bear Lake | 10% | A− | B+ | 22 min | $83,554 |
| North Oaks | under 3% | A | B | 26 min | $231,742 |
| Gem Lake | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Vadnais Heights | 4% | A | B− | 23 min | $98,685 |
| Birchwood Village | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Mahtomedi | under 3% | A | B | 24 min | $123,319 |
| Dellwood | under 3% | A+ | C− | 26 min | $225,000 |
| Hugo | under 3% | A+ | C | 27 min | $116,228 |
| Lino Lakes | under 3% | A | C | 25 min | $127,181 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gem Lake and Birchwood Village: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of White Bear 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 White Bear Township: questions
What is the median household income in White Bear Township?
$128,963 (±$12,299) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Bear Township?
2.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Bear Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Bear Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (14%, 15 mi), St. Paul (13%, 11 mi), White Bear Lake (10%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is White Bear Township walkable?
White Bear Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White Bear Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Bear Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Bear 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.