Work & commute · Sauk Rapids

Work & commute in Sauk Rapids, MN

Most working residents leave Sauk Rapids for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (38%), Sartell (8%) and Waite Park (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 242 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 241 Sauk Rapids residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sauk Rapids.

241live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sauk Rapids goes to work

St. Cloud7.3 mi away

38%91

Sartell2.7 mi away

8%20

Waite Park8.6 mi away

5%13

Sauk Rapids2.7 mi away

5%11

St. Joseph8.1 mi away

3%7

Willmar56 mi away

2%6

St. Augusta12.7 mi away

2%4

St. Paul69.9 mi away

2%4

Avon13.8 mi away

1%3

Foley12.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%80

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

How far

How far Sauk Rapids commutes

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

60%

13%

20%

60%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sauk Rapids is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sauk Rapids are

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

Jobs based in Sauk Rapids

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Sauk Rapids residents hold

242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−23%

Jobs based in Sauk Rapids, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 50. 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.