Work & commute · Scandia

Work & commute in Scandia, MN

Most working residents leave Scandia for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (11%), St. Paul (9%) and Forest Lake (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

85 of 1,850 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,765 Scandia residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 391 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scandia.

1,765live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

391work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scandia goes to work

Minneapolis29.1 mi away

11%202

St. Paul24.7 mi away

9%164

Forest Lake6.5 mi away

7%137

Scandia (in town)right here

5%85

Edina35.8 mi away

5%84

Stillwater13.3 mi away

3%52

White Bear Lake15.6 mi away

2%40

Bloomington37.5 mi away

2%39

Roseville22.6 mi away

2%37

Oak Park Heights15.1 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%974

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

How far

How far Scandia commutes

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

16%

39%

41%

16%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scandia is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scandia are

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

Jobs based in Scandia

476 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Scandia residents hold

1,850 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+24%

Jobs based in Scandia, 2013 → 2023: 385 → 476. 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.