Work & commute · Collegeville

Work & commute in Collegeville, MN

Most working residents leave Collegeville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (26%), Waite Park (6%) and Cold Spring (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 1,174 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,129 Collegeville residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 674 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Collegeville.

1,129live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

674work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Collegeville goes to work

St. Cloud13.4 mi away

26%304

Waite Park10 mi away

6%70

Cold Spring6.4 mi away

5%64

St. Joseph7 mi away

5%54

Collegeville (in town)right here

4%45

Avon3.9 mi away

4%44

Sartell12 mi away

3%32

Wakefield5.8 mi away

3%31

Sauk Rapids14.5 mi away

2%26

Minneapolis70.1 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%480

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

How far

How far Collegeville commutes

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

38%

33%

23%

38%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Collegeville is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Collegeville are

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

Jobs based in Collegeville

719 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Collegeville residents hold

1,174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−11%

Jobs based in Collegeville, 2013 → 2023: 806 → 719. 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.