Work & commute · Munson

Work & commute in Munson, MN

Most working residents leave Munson for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (18%), Cold Spring (7%) and Paynesville (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 669 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 663 Munson residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Munson.

663live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Munson goes to work

St. Cloud20.5 mi away

18%118

Cold Spring7.4 mi away

7%48

Paynesville8.5 mi away

5%35

Eden Valley8.9 mi away

4%29

Wakefield5.9 mi away

4%29

Richmond3.2 mi away

3%20

Waite Park17 mi away

3%19

St. Martin5.5 mi away

3%17

Litchfield23 mi away

2%16

Minneapolis72.2 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%323

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

How far

How far Munson commutes

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

31%

45%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Munson is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Munson are

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

Jobs based in Munson

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Munson residents hold

669 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+207%

Jobs based in Munson, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 89. 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.