Work & commute · Freeport

Work & commute in Freeport, MN

Most working residents leave Freeport for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Melrose (15%), St. Cloud (10%) and Sauk Centre (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 307 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 295 Freeport residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freeport.

295live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

177work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freeport goes to work

Melrose6.5 mi away

15%45

St. Cloud26.4 mi away

10%30

Sauk Centre14 mi away

7%22

Albany6.2 mi away

6%18

Avon12 mi away

5%16

Freeport (in town)right here

4%12

Minneapolis83.9 mi away

3%9

Sartell22.7 mi away

2%7

New Munich3.9 mi away

2%6

Cold Spring18.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%136

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

How far

How far Freeport commutes

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

34%

14%

18%

34%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freeport is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Freeport are

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

Jobs based in Freeport

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Freeport residents hold

307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+1%

Jobs based in Freeport, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 189. 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.