Work & commute · Scandia Valley

Work & commute in Scandia Valley, MN

Most working residents leave Scandia Valley for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Motley (14%), Little Falls (10%) and Brainerd (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 532 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 507 Scandia Valley residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scandia Valley.

507live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

159work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scandia Valley goes to work

Motley9 mi away

14%74

Little Falls19.6 mi away

10%51

Brainerd15.8 mi away

9%50

Staples17.3 mi away

9%47

Baxter12.2 mi away

6%34

Scandia Valley (in town)right here

5%25

Pillager5.4 mi away

2%10

St. Cloud52.6 mi away

2%10

Alexandria49.6 mi away

2%8

Minneapolis107.1 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%215

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

How far

How far Scandia Valley commutes

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

23%

45%

11%

21%

23%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scandia Valley is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scandia Valley are

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

Jobs based in Scandia Valley

184 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Scandia Valley residents hold

532 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+45%

Jobs based in Scandia Valley, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 184. 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.