Work & commute · Cushing

Work & commute in Cushing, MN

Most working residents leave Cushing for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Little Falls (15%), Brainerd (10%) and Motley (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 310 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 306 Cushing residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cushing.

306live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cushing goes to work

Little Falls13.5 mi away

15%48

Brainerd20.9 mi away

10%30

Motley14.2 mi away

7%23

Baxter17.7 mi away

5%16

Staples21 mi away

5%14

Scandia Valley7.4 mi away

4%12

St. Cloud46.1 mi away

4%11

Pillager12.7 mi away

2%7

Long Prairie20.4 mi away

2%6

East Gull Lake18.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%137

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

How far

How far Cushing commutes

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

56%

15%

23%

7%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cushing is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cushing are

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

Jobs based in Cushing

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Cushing residents hold

310 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+74%

Jobs based in Cushing, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 40. 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.