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Work & commute in Hugo, MN

Most working residents leave Hugo for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (12%), Minneapolis (12%) and White Bear Lake (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
441 of 8,631 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
18%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,190 Hugo residents head out of town to work, 441 work right here, and 2,398 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hugo.

8,190live here, work elsewhere
441live and work here
2,398work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Hugo goes to work

CentervilleVadnais HeightsWhite Bear LakeStillwaterArden HillsRosevilleEdinaGrantWyomingBloomingtonHugoBlaineForest LakeLino LakesSt. PaulMinneapolisWhite BearMaySt. PaulMinneapolisWhite Bear LakeEdinaVadnais HeightsRosevilleForest LakeBloomingtonArden HillsHugo
1
St. Paul16.5 mi away
12%1,073
2
Minneapolis20.5 mi away
12%1,015
3
White Bear Lake7.3 mi away
7%595
4
Hugo (in town)right here
5%441
5
Edina27.1 mi away
4%339
6
Vadnais Heights9 mi away
3%216
7
Roseville14 mi away
2%203
8
Forest Lake6 mi away
2%203
9
Bloomington28.9 mi away
2%183
10
Arden Hills11.9 mi away
2%181
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%4,182

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

How far

How far Hugo commutes

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

27%Under 10 mi
58%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
3%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Hugo is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hugo are

2,839 jobs are based in Hugo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hugo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hugo

2,839 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)47%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)42%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Hugo residents hold

8,631 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%
Over $3,333 a month72%
+23%

Jobs based in Hugo, 2013 → 2023: 2,299 → 2,839. 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.

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