Work & commute · Grey Eagle

Work & commute in Grey Eagle, MN

Most working residents leave Grey Eagle for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sauk Centre (12%), Long Prairie (7%) and St. Cloud (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 209 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 206 Grey Eagle residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grey Eagle.

206live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grey Eagle goes to work

Sauk Centre13 mi away

12%25

Long Prairie13 mi away

7%15

St. Cloud33 mi away

7%15

Melrose11.1 mi away

7%14

Grey Eagle1.9 mi away

5%10

Waite Park30.6 mi away

3%6

Alexandria32.3 mi away

2%5

St. Rosa6.4 mi away

2%4

Avon19.5 mi away

2%4

Upsala7.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%107

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

How far

How far Grey Eagle commutes

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

18%

38%

24%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grey Eagle is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grey Eagle are

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

Jobs based in Grey Eagle

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less49%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Grey Eagle residents hold

209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−10%

Jobs based in Grey Eagle, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 35. 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.