Work & commute · Foley

Work & commute in Foley, MN

Most working residents leave Foley for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (23%), Sauk Rapids (4%) and Princeton (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

218 of 1,169 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 951 Foley residents head out of town to work, 218 work right here, and 1,656 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Foley.

951live here, work elsewhere

218live and work here

1,656work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Foley goes to work

St. Cloud15.8 mi away

23%267

Foley (in town)right here

19%218

Sauk Rapids12.7 mi away

4%44

Princeton16.8 mi away

3%35

Sartell15.1 mi away

2%26

Milaca14.1 mi away

2%25

Minneapolis57.5 mi away

2%24

Willmar67.2 mi away

2%22

Monticello26.2 mi away

1%15

Waite Park18.9 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%478

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

How far

How far Foley commutes

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

23%

46%

10%

21%

23%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Foley is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Foley are

1,874 jobs are based in Foley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Foley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Foley

1,874 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Foley residents hold

1,169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−17%

Jobs based in Foley, 2013 → 2023: 2,254 → 1,874. 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.