Work & commute · St. Augusta

Work & commute in St. Augusta, MN

Most working residents leave St. Augusta for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (38%), Waite Park (6%) and Sartell (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

68 of 1,695 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 1,627 St. Augusta residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 1,181 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Augusta.

1,627live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

1,181work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Augusta goes to work

St. Cloud5.4 mi away

38%652

Waite Park5.4 mi away

6%108

St. Augusta (in town)right here

4%68

Sartell11.6 mi away

3%55

Sauk Rapids10.2 mi away

2%41

Cold Spring11.4 mi away

2%31

St. Joseph9.5 mi away

2%31

Clearwater7.8 mi away

2%30

Minneapolis56.2 mi away

2%30

Minden12.9 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%625

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

How far

How far St. Augusta commutes

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

57%

18%

10%

15%

57%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Augusta is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Augusta are

1,249 jobs are based in St. Augusta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Augusta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Augusta

1,249 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs St. Augusta residents hold

1,695 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+14%

Jobs based in St. Augusta, 2013 → 2023: 1,096 → 1,249. 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.