Work & commute · Becker

Work & commute in Becker, MN

Most working residents leave Becker for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (9%), Monticello (7%) and Minneapolis (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

313 of 2,664 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,351 Becker residents head out of town to work, 313 work right here, and 2,025 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Becker.

2,351live here, work elsewhere

313live and work here

2,025work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Becker goes to work

Becker (in town)right here

12%313

St. Cloud16.8 mi away

9%252

Monticello8 mi away

7%177

Minneapolis42 mi away

6%153

Elk River16 mi away

4%110

Big Lake7.6 mi away

3%82

Plymouth32.6 mi away

2%61

Becker3.1 mi away

2%60

St. Paul48.7 mi away

2%59

Maple Grove27.9 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,339

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

How far

How far Becker commutes

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

26%

30%

35%

26%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Becker is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Becker are

2,338 jobs are based in Becker. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Becker’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Becker

2,338 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Becker residents hold

2,664 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+29%

Jobs based in Becker, 2013 → 2023: 1,815 → 2,338. 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.