Work & commute · Isanti

Work & commute in Isanti, MN

Most working residents leave Isanti for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Cambridge (11%), Minneapolis (7%) and Blaine (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

260 of 3,587 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,327 Isanti residents head out of town to work, 260 work right here, and 1,094 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Isanti.

3,327live here, work elsewhere

260live and work here

1,094work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Isanti goes to work

Cambridge4.8 mi away

11%379

Isanti (in town)right here

7%260

Minneapolis36.5 mi away

7%247

Blaine22.3 mi away

5%162

Coon Rapids22 mi away

4%134

St. Paul38.1 mi away

4%127

Fridley28.2 mi away

3%113

Anoka20.5 mi away

3%110

Edina41.9 mi away

2%88

North Branch14 mi away

2%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,890

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

How far

How far Isanti commutes

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

22%

27%

44%

22%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Isanti is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Isanti are

1,354 jobs are based in Isanti. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Isanti’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Isanti

1,354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Isanti residents hold

3,587 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+39%

Jobs based in Isanti, 2013 → 2023: 971 → 1,354. 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.