Work & commute · Orrock

Work & commute in Orrock, MN

Most working residents leave Orrock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Elk River (7%), Minneapolis (7%) and Big Lake (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 2,026 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,996 Orrock residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orrock.

1,996live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orrock goes to work

Elk River9.1 mi away

7%138

Minneapolis38.2 mi away

7%138

Big Lake6.1 mi away

5%108

Monticello10 mi away

4%90

St. Paul43.8 mi away

4%83

Maple Grove24.2 mi away

4%75

St. Cloud23.9 mi away

4%74

Eden Prairie41.4 mi away

3%55

Plymouth30.1 mi away

3%55

Rogers17.7 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,163

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

How far

How far Orrock commutes

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

18%

29%

47%

18%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

47%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orrock is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orrock are

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

Jobs based in Orrock

155 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Orrock residents hold

2,026 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+20%

Jobs based in Orrock, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 155. 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.