Work & commute · Nowthen

Work & commute in Nowthen, MN

Most working residents leave Nowthen for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (10%), Elk River (7%) and Anoka (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

116 of 2,265 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,149 Nowthen residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 689 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nowthen.

2,149live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

689work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nowthen goes to work

Minneapolis27.4 mi away

10%217

Elk River6.3 mi away

7%160

Anoka9.1 mi away

6%139

Ramsey5.7 mi away

5%117

Nowthen (in town)right here

5%116

Coon Rapids13 mi away

5%107

Maple Grove15.5 mi away

3%78

Blaine16.4 mi away

3%75

Fridley19.8 mi away

3%71

Plymouth22.1 mi away

3%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,119

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

How far

How far Nowthen commutes

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

26%

42%

28%

26%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nowthen is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nowthen are

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

Jobs based in Nowthen

805 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Nowthen residents hold

2,265 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+98%

Jobs based in Nowthen, 2013 → 2023: 407 → 805. 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.