Work & commute · Mayhew Lake

Work & commute in Mayhew Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Mayhew Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (29%), Foley (14%) and Sartell (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 450 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 446 Mayhew Lake residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mayhew Lake.

446live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mayhew Lake goes to work

St. Cloud12.4 mi away

29%132

Foley8.4 mi away

14%65

Sartell8.5 mi away

5%24

Sauk Rapids7.8 mi away

4%19

Minden5.7 mi away

4%16

Waite Park14.4 mi away

3%15

Minneapolis64 mi away

2%8

Eden Prairie65.7 mi away

2%7

Graham5.9 mi away

2%7

Gilmanton6.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%150

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

How far

How far Mayhew Lake commutes

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

43%

34%

18%

43%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mayhew Lake 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 Mayhew Lake are

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

Jobs based in Mayhew Lake

92 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Mayhew Lake residents hold

450 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+74%

Jobs based in Mayhew Lake, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 92. 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.