Work & commute · Avon

Work & commute in Avon, MN

Most working residents leave Avon for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (24%), Albany (10%) and Waite Park (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

81 of 763 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 682 Avon residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 1,425 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avon.

682live here, work elsewhere

81live and work here

1,425work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avon goes to work

St. Cloud14.5 mi away

24%186

Avon (in town)right here

11%81

Albany5.8 mi away

10%73

Waite Park11.5 mi away

6%48

St. Joseph7.6 mi away

4%32

Holdingford8.7 mi away

2%16

Avon2 mi away

2%13

Cold Spring10.2 mi away

2%12

Sauk Rapids14.3 mi away

2%12

Minneapolis72.5 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%279

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

How far

How far Avon commutes

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

33%

41%

19%

33%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avon is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Avon are

1,506 jobs are based in Avon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Avon

1,506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Avon residents hold

763 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+28%

Jobs based in Avon, 2013 → 2023: 1,176 → 1,506. 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.