Work & commute · Sauk Rapids

Work & commute in Sauk Rapids, MN

Most working residents leave Sauk Rapids for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (39%), Sartell (7%) and Waite Park (6%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

717 of 6,809 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 6,092 Sauk Rapids residents head out of town to work, 717 work right here, and 4,085 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sauk Rapids.

6,092live here, work elsewhere

717live and work here

4,085work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sauk Rapids goes to work

St. Cloud4.8 mi away

39%2,672

Sauk Rapids (in town)right here

11%717

Sartell3.5 mi away

7%456

Waite Park6.7 mi away

6%410

Minneapolis61.3 mi away

2%149

Minden4.5 mi away

2%124

Foley12.7 mi away

1%92

St. Joseph7.5 mi away

1%89

Willmar54.8 mi away

1%81

St. Paul67.8 mi away

1%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,954

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.

68%

18%

68%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sauk Rapids is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sauk Rapids are

4,802 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

4,802 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Sauk Rapids residents hold

6,809 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+4%

Jobs based in Sauk Rapids, 2013 → 2023: 4,634 → 4,802. 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.