Work & commute · Spruce Hill

Work & commute in Spruce Hill, MN

Most working residents leave Spruce Hill for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (43%), Parkers Prairie (5%) and Miltona (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 199 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 198 Spruce Hill residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spruce Hill.

198live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spruce Hill goes to work

Alexandria14.8 mi away

43%86

Parkers Prairie8.4 mi away

5%9

Miltona3.9 mi away

3%6

St. Cloud62.3 mi away

3%6

Millerville16.4 mi away

3%5

Brandon19.3 mi away

2%4

Glenwood28.5 mi away

2%4

Willmar65.3 mi away

2%4

Carlos8.2 mi away

2%4

Elbow Lake37 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%68

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

How far

How far Spruce Hill commutes

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

10%

60%

10%

20%

10%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spruce Hill is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spruce Hill are

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

Jobs based in Spruce Hill

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Spruce Hill residents hold

199 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+79%

Jobs based in Spruce Hill, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 25. 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.