Work & commute · Farming

Work & commute in Farming, MN

Most working residents leave Farming for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (19%), Albany (11%) and Cold Spring (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 469 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 467 Farming residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farming.

467live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

97work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farming goes to work

St. Cloud19.4 mi away

19%88

Albany5.5 mi away

11%52

Cold Spring9.3 mi away

7%33

Wakefield7.7 mi away

5%25

Richmond7 mi away

4%19

Avon7.2 mi away

4%17

Waite Park16 mi away

3%15

St. Joseph13.1 mi away

3%13

Melrose14.8 mi away

3%12

Paynesville13.7 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%185

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

How far

How far Farming commutes

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

34%

43%

16%

34%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farming is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Farming are

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

Jobs based in Farming

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Farming residents hold

469 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−18%

Jobs based in Farming, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 99. 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.