Work & commute · Minden

Work & commute in Minden, MN

Most working residents leave Minden for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (37%), Sauk Rapids (8%) and Waite Park (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 718 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 695 Minden residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 1,607 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minden.

695live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

1,607work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minden goes to work

St. Cloud7.9 mi away

37%269

Sauk Rapids4.5 mi away

8%56

Waite Park10.8 mi away

5%35

Foley8.2 mi away

4%30

Sartell7.4 mi away

4%27

Minden (in town)right here

3%23

Minneapolis59.2 mi away

2%15

Rice13.3 mi away

2%12

Rogers37.9 mi away

1%10

Avon18.6 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%232

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

How far

How far Minden commutes

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

61%

12%

18%

61%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minden is a job hub

2.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Minden are

1,630 jobs are based in Minden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Minden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Minden

1,630 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Minden residents hold

718 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+11%

Jobs based in Minden, 2013 → 2023: 1,474 → 1,630. 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.