Work & commute · Stony Brook

Work & commute in Stony Brook, MN

Most working residents leave Stony Brook for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Elbow Lake (22%), Fergus Falls (11%) and Alexandria (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 55 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 55 Stony Brook residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stony Brook.

55live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stony Brook goes to work

Elbow Lake7.2 mi away

22%12

Fergus Falls15.4 mi away

11%6

Alexandria36.4 mi away

7%4

Brandon24.5 mi away

5%3

Ashby13 mi away

5%3

Underwood18.8 mi away

4%2

Hoffman21.3 mi away

4%2

Fargo, ND65.7 mi away

4%2

Evansville19.5 mi away

2%1

Akeley91.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%19

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

How far

How far Stony Brook commutes

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

24%

35%

18%

24%

24%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stony Brook is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stony Brook are

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

Jobs based in Stony Brook

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Stony Brook residents hold

55 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+1100%

Jobs based in Stony Brook, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 12. 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.