Work & commute · Krain

Work & commute in Krain, MN

Most working residents leave Krain for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (19%), Albany (9%) and Holdingford (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 436 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 427 Krain residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Krain.

427live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Krain goes to work

St. Cloud23.8 mi away

19%83

Albany6.2 mi away

9%41

Holdingford5.6 mi away

7%31

Melrose11.4 mi away

5%22

Waite Park21.3 mi away

3%13

Sauk Rapids22.5 mi away

3%12

Avon10 mi away

3%11

Krain (in town)right here

2%9

Brockway13.3 mi away

2%9

Holding6.6 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%197

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

How far

How far Krain commutes

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

27%

46%

10%

17%

27%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Krain is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Krain are

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

Jobs based in Krain

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Krain residents hold

436 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+25%

Jobs based in Krain, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 70. 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.