Work & commute · Spruce Grove

Work & commute in Spruce Grove, MN

Most working residents leave Spruce Grove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Park Rapids (21%), Menahga (8%) and Detroit Lakes (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 164 Spruce Grove residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spruce Grove.

164live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spruce Grove goes to work

Park Rapids17.5 mi away

21%35

Menahga11.9 mi away

8%14

Detroit Lakes23.5 mi away

6%10

Bemidji54.7 mi away

5%8

Perham15.5 mi away

4%6

Osage13.1 mi away

4%6

Marshall161.3 mi away

2%4

Duluth152.3 mi away

2%4

Minneapolis159.8 mi away

2%4

Henrietta21.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%72

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

How far

How far Spruce Grove commutes

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

55%

10%

28%

7%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spruce Grove is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spruce Grove are

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

Jobs based in Spruce Grove

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Spruce Grove residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+0%

Jobs based in Spruce Grove, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 57. 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.