Work & commute · Monticello

Work & commute in Monticello, MN

Most working residents leave Monticello for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (6%), Plymouth (4%) and Buffalo (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,269 of 7,564 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,295 Monticello residents head out of town to work, 1,269 work right here, and 5,567 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monticello.

6,295live here, work elsewhere

1,269live and work here

5,567work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monticello goes to work

Monticello (in town)right here

17%1,269

Minneapolis34.1 mi away

6%473

Plymouth24.5 mi away

4%311

Buffalo8.8 mi away

4%301

Maple Grove20.1 mi away

4%300

St. Cloud24.6 mi away

3%257

Rogers12.8 mi away

3%237

St. Paul40.9 mi away

3%208

St. Michael8.1 mi away

2%185

Elk River11 mi away

2%182

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%3,841

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

How far

How far Monticello commutes

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

30%

25%

39%

30%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monticello is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monticello are

6,836 jobs are based in Monticello. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monticello’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monticello

6,836 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Monticello residents hold

7,564 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+31%

Jobs based in Monticello, 2013 → 2023: 5,231 → 6,836. 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.