Work & commute · Brooten

Work & commute in Brooten, MN

Most working residents leave Brooten for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Belgrade (12%), Crow River (8%) and Paynesville (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 272 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 260 Brooten residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brooten.

260live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

175work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brooten goes to work

Belgrade6.6 mi away

12%32

Crow River9.2 mi away

8%22

Paynesville20.9 mi away

6%16

St. Cloud45.8 mi away

6%16

Melrose19 mi away

5%13

Brooten (in town)right here

4%12

Minneapolis97.2 mi away

4%10

Sauk Centre18.1 mi away

3%9

Crow Lake4.3 mi away

3%7

Paynesville22.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%129

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

How far

How far Brooten commutes

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

31%

28%

14%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brooten is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brooten are

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

Jobs based in Brooten

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Brooten residents hold

272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+1%

Jobs based in Brooten, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 187. 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.