Work & commute · Chisago

Work & commute in Chisago, MN

Most working residents leave Chisago for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (8%), St. Paul (7%) and Forest Lake (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

167 of 2,925 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,758 Chisago residents head out of town to work, 167 work right here, and 1,325 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chisago.

2,758live here, work elsewhere

167live and work here

1,325work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chisago goes to work

Minneapolis33.1 mi away

8%227

St. Paul30.7 mi away

7%216

Forest Lake8.7 mi away

6%176

Chisago City (in town)right here

6%167

Edina39.7 mi away

4%111

Lindstrom3.3 mi away

4%110

Wyoming3.4 mi away

3%84

Blaine19.9 mi away

2%68

Plymouth36 mi away

2%59

Roseville27.2 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,650

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

How far

How far Chisago commutes

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

22%

48%

22%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

48%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chisago is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chisago are

1,492 jobs are based in Chisago. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chisago’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chisago

1,492 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Chisago residents hold

2,925 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+30%

Jobs based in Chisago, 2013 → 2023: 1,148 → 1,492. 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.