Work & commute · Grey Eagle

Work & commute in Grey Eagle, MN

Most working residents leave Grey Eagle for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sauk Centre (14%), Melrose (13%) and St. Cloud (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 147 Grey Eagle residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grey Eagle.

147live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grey Eagle goes to work

Sauk Centre11.5 mi away

14%21

Melrose10.7 mi away

13%20

St. Cloud34.7 mi away

11%17

Alexandria30.4 mi away

7%11

Grey Eagle (in town)right here

3%5

St. Rosa7 mi away

3%5

Sauk Centre13.9 mi away

3%4

Avon21 mi away

2%3

Upsala9 mi away

2%3

Sartell29.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%60

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.

13%

38%

28%

21%

13%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grey Eagle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grey Eagle are

157 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

157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Grey Eagle residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+32%

Jobs based in Grey Eagle, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 157. 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.