Work means Winona for about half of Wilson Township’s working residents
Measured by household income, Wilson Township is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Wilson Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. 10% of workers have no commute at all; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Wilson Township
Nearly half of Wilson Township works in Winona
273 working residents, 48%, have their main job in Winona, 5.6 miles away across the town line. That’s 48 times as many as work in Wilson Township itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Wilson Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Wilson Township fell from 1,264 in 2014 to 164 in 2024, −87%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Wilson Township is a place people come home to
There are 164 jobs based in Wilson Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wilson Township has about 730 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 570 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Wilson Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Wilson Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Wilson Township’s grade up ($98,600, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Wilson 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, Wilson Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Commuting out of Wilson Township: the destinations
Where Wilson Township clocks in
48% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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 work there is in Wilson Township: 164 jobs
164 jobs are based in Wilson Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilson Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,264 → 164. 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 Wilson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Wilson Township
On a workday 567 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Wilson Township on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.29 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 18 minutes each way for Wilson Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilson Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 578 commuters (the 10% 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.
Wilson Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Few in Wilson Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wilson Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 641 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% 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). 0.0% of Wilson Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wilson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Wilson Township ranks 745th of 3,771 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 743 | Lowell OR | 1,283 | $99K | 6.9% | 0.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 744 | Preble Township IN | 1,053 | $78K | 5.3% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 745 | Wilson Township MN | 1,140 | $99K | 6.7% | 1.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 746 | Hopewell Township OH | 1,435 | $96K | 7.7% | 7.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 747 | Montpelier WI | 1,375 | $86K | 7.5% | 3.2% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Wilson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns next door employ 48% of Wilson Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wilson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Township | – | B+ | B− | 18 min | $98,600 |
| Winona | 48% | C+ | A | 14 min | $56,337 |
| Warren Township | under 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Wiscoy Township | under 1% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Homer Township | under 1% | B | C− | 26 min | $93,750 |
| Hillsdale Township | under 1% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Warren Township, Wiscoy Township and Hillsdale Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Winona. Darker towns draw more of Wilson 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 Wilson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wilson Township?
$98,600 (±$12,559) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilson Township?
6.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilson Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilson Township work?
1% work in town.
Is Wilson Township walkable?
Wilson Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wilson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilson 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. 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.