Work & commute · Sauk Centre

Work & commute in Sauk Centre, MN

About one in 3 of Sauk Centre’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Melrose (6%), St. Cloud (5%) and Long Prairie (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

598 of 1,778 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,180 Sauk Centre residents head out of town to work, 598 work right here, and 1,826 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sauk Centre.

1,180live here, work elsewhere

598live and work here

1,826work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sauk Centre goes to work

Sauk Centre (in town)right here

34%598

Melrose7.8 mi away

6%111

St. Cloud40.5 mi away

5%89

Long Prairie17 mi away

4%80

Sauk Centre2.7 mi away

3%59

Minneapolis97.7 mi away

2%42

Albany20.3 mi away

2%30

Willmar42.8 mi away

2%30

Belgrade19.9 mi away

1%24

Ashley6 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%691

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

How far

How far Sauk Centre commutes

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

47%

17%

14%

22%

47%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sauk Centre is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sauk Centre are

2,424 jobs are based in Sauk Centre. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sauk Centre’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sauk Centre

2,424 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Sauk Centre residents hold

1,778 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−12%

Jobs based in Sauk Centre, 2013 → 2023: 2,770 → 2,424. 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.