Work & commute · Fair Haven

Work & commute in Fair Haven, MN

Most working residents leave Fair Haven for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (22%), Annandale (4%) and Clearwater (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 712 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 706 Fair Haven residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fair Haven.

706live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fair Haven goes to work

St. Cloud11.7 mi away

22%158

Annandale7.7 mi away

4%30

Clearwater8.1 mi away

3%24

Buffalo20.3 mi away

3%23

Monticello20.3 mi away

3%22

Minneapolis52.8 mi away

3%22

Lynden4.8 mi away

3%21

Kimball6 mi away

3%20

Waite Park11.5 mi away

3%19

Maine Prairie6 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%358

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

How far

How far Fair Haven commutes

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

21%

50%

12%

16%

21%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fair Haven is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fair Haven are

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

Jobs based in Fair Haven

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Fair Haven residents hold

712 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+5%

Jobs based in Fair Haven, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 86. 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.