Work & commute · Annandale

Work & commute in Annandale, MN

Most working residents leave Annandale for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (7%), Maple Lake (5%) and St. Cloud (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

258 of 1,531 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,273 Annandale residents head out of town to work, 258 work right here, and 1,505 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Annandale.

1,273live here, work elsewhere

258live and work here

1,505work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Annandale goes to work

Annandale (in town)right here

17%258

Buffalo13.7 mi away

7%103

Maple Lake5.7 mi away

5%83

St. Cloud18.6 mi away

5%77

Minneapolis46.3 mi away

5%75

Eden Prairie43 mi away

2%38

Monticello16.4 mi away

2%33

Corinna2.8 mi away

2%31

Howard Lake14.5 mi away

2%30

Plymouth36 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%774

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Annandale commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

29%

32%

26%

13%

29%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Annandale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Annandale are

1,763 jobs are based in Annandale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Annandale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Annandale

1,763 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Annandale residents hold

1,531 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+31%

Jobs based in Annandale, 2013 → 2023: 1,345 → 1,763. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.