Work & commute · Grey Cloud Island

Work & commute in Grey Cloud Island, MN

Most working residents leave Grey Cloud Island for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (21%), Cottage Grove (9%) and Minneapolis (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 162 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 162 Grey Cloud Island residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grey Cloud Island.

162live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grey Cloud Island goes to work

St. Paul11.3 mi away

21%34

Cottage Grove3.9 mi away

9%14

Minneapolis17.3 mi away

9%14

Edina18.9 mi away

4%7

Bloomington15.9 mi away

4%6

Inver Grove Heights3.7 mi away

4%6

Mendota Heights8.5 mi away

2%4

Oakdale12.6 mi away

2%4

Woodbury7.7 mi away

2%4

Little Canada15.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%66

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

How far

How far Grey Cloud Island commutes

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

24%

62%

10%

24%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grey Cloud Island is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grey Cloud Island are

33 jobs are based in Grey Cloud Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grey Cloud Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grey Cloud Island

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Grey Cloud Island residents hold

162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+1000%

Jobs based in Grey Cloud Island, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 33. 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.