Work & commute · Silver Creek

Work & commute in Silver Creek, MN

Most working residents leave Silver Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (11%), Monticello (8%) and Minneapolis (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 1,286 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,246 Silver Creek residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silver Creek.

1,246live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

272work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silver Creek goes to work

St. Cloud17.3 mi away

11%144

Monticello8.4 mi away

8%98

Minneapolis41.8 mi away

5%68

Clearwater7.1 mi away

5%60

Buffalo11.2 mi away

4%51

Plymouth31.9 mi away

3%40

Silver Creek (in town)right here

3%40

Annandale9.5 mi away

3%36

Maple Lake7.2 mi away

3%34

Waite Park19.3 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%689

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

How far

How far Silver Creek commutes

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

25%

36%

31%

25%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silver Creek is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Silver Creek are

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

Jobs based in Silver Creek

312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Silver Creek residents hold

1,286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−78%

Jobs based in Silver Creek, 2013 → 2023: 1,411 → 312. 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.