Work & commute · Stanford

Work & commute in Stanford, MN

Most working residents leave Stanford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cambridge (10%), Minneapolis (7%) and St. Francis (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 1,103 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,088 Stanford residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 683 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stanford.

1,088live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

683work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stanford goes to work

Cambridge11.7 mi away

10%105

Minneapolis34.1 mi away

7%74

St. Francis3.7 mi away

4%45

Anoka16.1 mi away

4%40

Isanti8.5 mi away

3%36

St. Paul37.4 mi away

3%33

Princeton12.2 mi away

3%32

Elk River11.1 mi away

3%31

Coon Rapids19.3 mi away

3%30

Blaine21.4 mi away

3%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%649

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

How far

How far Stanford commutes

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

17%

40%

37%

17%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stanford is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stanford are

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

Jobs based in Stanford

698 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Stanford residents hold

1,103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+10%

Jobs based in Stanford, 2013 → 2023: 635 → 698. 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.