Work & commute · Little Sauk

Work & commute in Little Sauk, MN

Most working residents leave Little Sauk for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (19%), Sauk Centre (13%) and Long Prairie (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 319 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 316 Little Sauk residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little Sauk.

316live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Little Sauk goes to work

Alexandria20.4 mi away

19%61

Sauk Centre10.2 mi away

13%43

Long Prairie7.6 mi away

7%23

Osakis9.8 mi away

5%16

St. Cloud45.1 mi away

4%12

Long Prairie8.5 mi away

2%7

Melrose15.8 mi away

2%6

Rochester177 mi away

2%5

Carlos17.5 mi away

1%4

Browerville14.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%138

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

How far

How far Little Sauk commutes

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

21%

45%

14%

20%

21%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Little Sauk is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Little Sauk are

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

Jobs based in Little Sauk

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Little Sauk residents hold

319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+15%

Jobs based in Little Sauk, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 53. 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.