Work & commute · Royalton

Work & commute in Royalton, MN

Most working residents leave Royalton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Little Falls (28%), St. Cloud (9%) and Brainerd (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 600 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 577 Royalton residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Royalton.

577live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Royalton goes to work

Little Falls11.3 mi away

28%166

St. Cloud21.8 mi away

9%56

Brainerd36.5 mi away

5%31

Royalton (in town)right here

4%23

Sartell15.1 mi away

4%22

Rice5.5 mi away

3%19

Pierz13.7 mi away

3%18

Sauk Rapids17.6 mi away

3%16

Little Falls8 mi away

2%11

Waite Park21.5 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%228

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

How far

How far Royalton commutes

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

19%

51%

14%

17%

19%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Royalton is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Royalton are

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

Jobs based in Royalton

441 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Royalton residents hold

600 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+36%

Jobs based in Royalton, 2013 → 2023: 324 → 441. 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.