Work & commute · Le Sauk

Work & commute in Le Sauk, MN

Most working residents leave Le Sauk for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (40%), Sartell (14%) and Waite Park (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 652 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 647 Le Sauk residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Le Sauk.

647live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Le Sauk goes to work

St. Cloud9.1 mi away

40%261

Sartell2.5 mi away

14%93

Waite Park8.7 mi away

6%40

Sauk Rapids5.9 mi away

4%26

Minneapolis67.1 mi away

2%14

St. Joseph6.2 mi away

2%13

Avon10 mi away

1%9

Bloomington72.4 mi away

1%9

Foley16.4 mi away

1%6

Collegeville11.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%175

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

How far

How far Le Sauk commutes

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

69%

10%

18%

69%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Le Sauk is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Le Sauk are

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

Jobs based in Le Sauk

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Le Sauk residents hold

652 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−60%

Jobs based in Le Sauk, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 129. 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.