Work & commute · Belgrade

Work & commute in Belgrade, MN

Most working residents leave Belgrade for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Crow River (8%), Paynesville (7%) and Sauk Centre (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

47 of 305 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 258 Belgrade residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 787 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belgrade.

258live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

787work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belgrade goes to work

Belgrade (in town)right here

15%47

Crow River3 mi away

8%25

Paynesville14.4 mi away

7%21

Sauk Centre19.9 mi away

5%15

St. Cloud40.5 mi away

4%12

Brooten6.6 mi away

3%10

Melrose18 mi away

3%9

Bloomington92.6 mi away

3%9

Waite Park37 mi away

2%6

North Fork7.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%145

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

How far

How far Belgrade commutes

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

34%

32%

13%

21%

34%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belgrade is a job hub

2.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belgrade are

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

Jobs based in Belgrade

834 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities79%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Belgrade residents hold

305 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−59%

Jobs based in Belgrade, 2013 → 2023: 2,043 → 834. 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.