Work & commute · Rush

Work & commute in Rush, MN

Most working residents leave Rush for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Cambridge (6%), North Branch (6%) and Minneapolis (4%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

149 of 1,239 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,090 Rush residents head out of town to work, 149 work right here, and 1,638 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rush.

1,090live here, work elsewhere

149live and work here

1,638work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rush goes to work

Rush City (in town)right here

12%149

Cambridge15.4 mi away

6%75

North Branch12.3 mi away

6%73

Minneapolis52.2 mi away

4%53

St. Paul51.5 mi away

4%47

Edina58.3 mi away

4%46

Pine City10.6 mi away

3%40

Forest Lake30.2 mi away

3%36

Wyoming24 mi away

2%29

Blaine37.6 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%671

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

How far

How far Rush commutes

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

16%

22%

29%

32%

16%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rush is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rush are

1,787 jobs are based in Rush. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rush’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rush

1,787 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Rush residents hold

1,239 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+13%

Jobs based in Rush, 2013 → 2023: 1,582 → 1,787. 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.