George D. Dayton House · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Worthington trail those of 71% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. 17.6% of residents live below the poverty line, where Minnesota as a whole has 9.3%. Jobs and income earn Worthington C; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Worthington
Most Worthington residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Few Worthington workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Worthington than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Worthington fell from 7,512 in 2013 to 5,336 in 2023, −29%. 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 ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Worthington: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Worthington is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #242 of 273 in Minnesota. Unemployment holds Worthington’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Worthington could be anywhere from D to B−.
How far it is to work from Worthington
About 19% 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.
Worthington’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Worthington workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,394 commuters (the 4% 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.
The 5,336 jobs based in Worthington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Worthington, 2013 → 2023: 7,512 → 5,336. 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 Worthington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Worthington
On a workday 4,108 residents head out to work, 2,129 work right here, and 3,207 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
30% of working residents work in Brewster
Where Worthington clocks in
30% of workers
2% 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.
Worthington is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Worthington is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #100 of 273 in Minnesota. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 7.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,609 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). 7.5% of Worthington households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Worthington’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Worthington is 1,801st of 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 4 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Mendota Heights MN | 11,475 | $133K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Victoria MN | 12,447 | $196K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,799 | Catskill NY | 11,184 | $69K | 11.2% | 6.8% | 21% | C |
| 1,800 | Sandy Township PA | 11,628 | $79K | 14.2% | 7.2% | 19% | C |
| 1,801 | Worthington MN | 13,979 | $62K | 17.6% | 3.8% | 34% | C |
| 1,802 | Bloomsburg PA | 13,375 | $52K | 26.5% | 7.9% | 15% | C |
| 1,803 | Front Royal VA | 15,722 | $65K | 14.3% | 5.0% | 19% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Worthington, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Worthington and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Worthington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worthington | – | C | A− | 19 min | $61,797 |
| Worthington Township | under 1% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Lorain Township | under 1% | — | — | 12 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Worthington Township and Lorain Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Worthington’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 Worthington: questions
What is the median household income in Worthington?
$61,797 (±$4,856) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Worthington?
17.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Worthington?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Worthington work?
34% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brewster (30%, 8 mi), Mountain Lake Township (2%, 39 mi), Chandler (2%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Worthington walkable?
Worthington is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Worthington without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Worthington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Worthington
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.