Work & commute · Santiago

Work & commute in Santiago, MN

Most working residents leave Santiago for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Becker (7%), St. Cloud (6%) and Minneapolis (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 948 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 941 Santiago residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santiago.

941live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santiago goes to work

Becker9.4 mi away

7%71

St. Cloud16.4 mi away

6%56

Minneapolis47.1 mi away

6%53

Elk River18.2 mi away

5%44

Princeton12.2 mi away

4%42

Monticello15.6 mi away

4%40

Plymouth38.6 mi away

3%26

Big Lake12.9 mi away

2%22

Maple Grove33 mi away

2%22

Rogers26.2 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%552

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

How far

How far Santiago commutes

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

10%

38%

37%

15%

10%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santiago is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Santiago are

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

Jobs based in Santiago

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Santiago residents hold

948 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+63%

Jobs based in Santiago, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 70. 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.