Work & commute · Sartell

Work & commute in Sartell, MN

Most working residents leave Sartell for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (38%), Waite Park (6%) and Sauk Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,289 of 9,119 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 7,830 Sartell residents head out of town to work, 1,289 work right here, and 4,662 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sartell.

7,830live here, work elsewhere

1,289live and work here

4,662work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sartell goes to work

St. Cloud6.7 mi away

38%3,472

Sartell (in town)right here

14%1,289

Waite Park6.8 mi away

6%587

Sauk Rapids3.5 mi away

5%443

St. Joseph5.5 mi away

2%195

Minneapolis64.6 mi away

2%163

Minden7.4 mi away

1%122

Willmar53.4 mi away

1%110

Avon11.2 mi away

1%97

St. Paul71.1 mi away

1%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%2,559

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

How far

How far Sartell commutes

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

69%

17%

69%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sartell is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sartell are

5,951 jobs are based in Sartell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sartell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sartell

5,951 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Sartell residents hold

9,119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+29%

Jobs based in Sartell, 2013 → 2023: 4,629 → 5,951. 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.