Work & commute · New Munich

Work & commute in New Munich, MN

Most working residents leave New Munich for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Melrose (16%), St. Cloud (11%) and Albany (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 149 New Munich residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Munich.

149live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Munich goes to work

Melrose4.4 mi away

16%25

St. Cloud29 mi away

11%17

Albany9.1 mi away

6%9

Sauk Centre12.1 mi away

6%9

Millwood6.2 mi away

4%6

St. Rosa6.9 mi away

3%5

Avon14.8 mi away

3%5

New Munich (in town)right here

3%4

Freeport3.9 mi away

3%4

Willmar38.2 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%65

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

How far

How far New Munich commutes

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

41%

20%

22%

17%

41%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Munich is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Munich are

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

Jobs based in New Munich

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs New Munich residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+163%

Jobs based in New Munich, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 158. 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.