Work & commute · Birchdale

Work & commute in Birchdale, MN

Most working residents leave Birchdale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sauk Centre (12%), Melrose (7%) and St. Cloud (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 420 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 416 Birchdale residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Birchdale.

416live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Birchdale goes to work

Sauk Centre8 mi away

12%52

Melrose9.7 mi away

7%30

St. Cloud37.8 mi away

7%28

Alexandria26.5 mi away

5%21

Grey Eagle4.1 mi away

4%16

Long Prairie10.9 mi away

3%13

Sauk Centre10.6 mi away

3%13

Swanville11.6 mi away

3%11

Willmar49.3 mi away

2%8

Long Prairie10.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%220

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

How far

How far Birchdale commutes

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

30%

26%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Birchdale is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Birchdale are

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

Jobs based in Birchdale

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Birchdale residents hold

420 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−33%

Jobs based in Birchdale, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 28. 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.