Work & commute · Spencer Brook

Work & commute in Spencer Brook, MN

Most working residents leave Spencer Brook for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cambridge (7%), Anoka (5%) and Princeton (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 850 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 844 Spencer Brook residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spencer Brook.

844live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spencer Brook goes to work

Cambridge11.3 mi away

7%60

Anoka20.7 mi away

5%46

Princeton7.9 mi away

5%45

Minneapolis38.8 mi away

5%42

St. Francis8.5 mi away

4%32

Elk River13.6 mi away

4%32

St. Paul42.3 mi away

3%27

Coon Rapids24.1 mi away

3%26

Edina43 mi away

3%25

Brooklyn Park28.1 mi away

3%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%493

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

How far

How far Spencer Brook commutes

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

17%

33%

41%

17%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spencer Brook is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spencer Brook are

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

Jobs based in Spencer Brook

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Spencer Brook residents hold

850 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+14%

Jobs based in Spencer Brook, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 74. 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.