Work & commute · Franconia

Work & commute in Franconia, MN

Most working residents leave Franconia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (8%), Forest Lake (6%) and St. Paul (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 877 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 871 Franconia residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franconia.

871live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franconia goes to work

Minneapolis36.1 mi away

8%70

Forest Lake11.9 mi away

6%55

St. Paul32 mi away

6%49

Chisago City7.9 mi away

5%44

Edina42.8 mi away

4%39

Lindstrom5.5 mi away

4%33

Plymouth40.8 mi away

2%19

Center City4.5 mi away

2%18

Wyoming10.2 mi away

2%18

Blaine24.8 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%515

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

How far

How far Franconia commutes

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

19%

23%

50%

19%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franconia is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Franconia are

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

Jobs based in Franconia

118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Franconia residents hold

877 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+31%

Jobs based in Franconia, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 118. 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.