Work & commute · Elmdale

Work & commute in Elmdale, MN

Most working residents leave Elmdale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Little Falls (16%), St. Cloud (16%) and Albany (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 50 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 49 Elmdale residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmdale.

49live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmdale goes to work

Little Falls12.6 mi away

16%8

St. Cloud26.3 mi away

16%8

Albany14.7 mi away

6%3

Swanville9 mi away

4%2

Royalton9.7 mi away

4%2

Upsala3.7 mi away

4%2

Rice13.2 mi away

4%2

Marshall114.6 mi away

4%2

Brockway11.9 mi away

4%2

Richmond26.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%18

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.

18%

58%

18%

18%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmdale is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmdale are

10 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

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Elmdale residents hold

50 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+0%

Jobs based in Elmdale, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 10. 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.