Work & commute · Blue Hill

Work & commute in Blue Hill, MN

Most working residents leave Blue Hill for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (6%), Princeton (6%) and Elk River (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 1,443 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,434 Blue Hill residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Hill.

1,434live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue Hill goes to work

Minneapolis43.4 mi away

6%88

Princeton6.2 mi away

6%87

Elk River14.1 mi away

5%76

St. Cloud23.2 mi away

5%75

Monticello16 mi away

3%48

St. Paul48.5 mi away

3%46

Big Lake12.2 mi away

3%38

Plymouth35.9 mi away

3%37

Zimmerman7 mi away

2%35

Maple Grove29.7 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%878

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

How far

How far Blue Hill commutes

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

13%

31%

46%

10%

13%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Hill is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue Hill are

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

Jobs based in Blue Hill

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Blue Hill residents hold

1,443 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+10%

Jobs based in Blue Hill, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 69. 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.