Work & commute · Elmdale

Work & commute in Elmdale, MN

Most working residents leave Elmdale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (15%), Little Falls (14%) and Upsala (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 471 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 470 Elmdale residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmdale.

470live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmdale goes to work

St. Cloud26.6 mi away

15%71

Little Falls15.3 mi away

14%65

Upsala1 mi away

6%27

Sauk Rapids24.1 mi away

4%21

Rice14.9 mi away

3%16

Swanville8.6 mi away

3%15

Waite Park24.7 mi away

3%14

Brockway12.9 mi away

3%13

Sartell20.7 mi away

3%12

Long Prairie19 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%208

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

How far

How far Elmdale commutes

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

15%

49%

19%

16%

15%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmdale is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmdale are

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

Jobs based in Elmdale

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Elmdale residents hold

471 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−14%

Jobs based in Elmdale, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 18. 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.