Work & commute · Melrose

Work & commute in Melrose, MN

Most working residents leave Melrose for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Melrose (29%), St. Cloud (10%) and Sauk Centre (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 319 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 315 Melrose residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Melrose.

315live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Melrose goes to work

Melrose3.8 mi away

29%94

St. Cloud35.2 mi away

10%32

Sauk Centre5.4 mi away

8%26

Albany15.1 mi away

4%13

Freeport9 mi away

2%7

Avon20.8 mi away

2%7

Willmar43.3 mi away

2%6

Minneapolis92.9 mi away

2%6

Waite Park32.3 mi away

2%5

New Munich8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%119

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

How far

How far Melrose commutes

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

47%

14%

20%

19%

47%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Melrose is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Melrose are

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

Jobs based in Melrose

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Melrose residents hold

319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−61%

Jobs based in Melrose, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 68. 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.