Work & commute · Foreston

Work & commute in Foreston, MN

Most working residents leave Foreston for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Milaca (10%), Princeton (9%) and St. Cloud (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 272 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 268 Foreston residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Foreston.

268live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Foreston goes to work

Milaca3.5 mi away

10%26

Princeton12.4 mi away

9%24

St. Cloud26.3 mi away

7%20

Elk River28.1 mi away

4%10

Cambridge25.9 mi away

3%8

Foley10.6 mi away

3%7

Mora22.7 mi away

2%6

Maple Grove43.8 mi away

2%6

Minneapolis56.9 mi away

2%6

Anoka38.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%154

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

How far

How far Foreston commutes

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

17%

27%

33%

22%

17%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Foreston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Foreston are

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

Jobs based in Foreston

221 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Foreston residents hold

272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+3%

Jobs based in Foreston, 2013 → 2023: 214 → 221. 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.