Work & commute · Pierz

Work & commute in Pierz, MN

Most working residents leave Pierz for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (13%), Little Falls (10%) and Brainerd (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

103 of 607 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 504 Pierz residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 705 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pierz.

504live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

705work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pierz goes to work

Pierz (in town)right here

17%103

St. Cloud31.3 mi away

13%81

Little Falls12.2 mi away

10%60

Brainerd26.5 mi away

5%28

Sartell25.5 mi away

3%17

Buckman8 mi away

3%17

Morrill10.6 mi away

2%14

Rice16.6 mi away

2%13

Genola1 mi away

2%12

Sauk Rapids26.5 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%250

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

How far

How far Pierz commutes

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

26%

25%

32%

17%

26%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pierz is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pierz are

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

Jobs based in Pierz

808 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Pierz residents hold

607 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+8%

Jobs based in Pierz, 2013 → 2023: 746 → 808. 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.