Work & commute · Elrosa

Work & commute in Elrosa, MN

Most working residents leave Elrosa for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Belgrade (12%), Crow River (10%) and Sauk Centre (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 78 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 78 Elrosa residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elrosa.

78live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elrosa goes to work

Belgrade8.2 mi away

12%9

Crow River7.4 mi away

10%8

Sauk Centre12 mi away

9%7

St. Cloud37.6 mi away

8%6

Brooten9.2 mi away

6%5

Paynesville16.8 mi away

5%4

Melrose10.2 mi away

4%3

Minneapolis91.6 mi away

4%3

New London19.4 mi away

4%3

Albany19.1 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%28

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

How far

How far Elrosa commutes

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

38%

27%

13%

22%

38%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elrosa is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elrosa are

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

Jobs based in Elrosa

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Elrosa residents hold

78 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+35%

Jobs based in Elrosa, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 65. 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.