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Work & commute · Swan River

Work & commute in Swan River, MN

Most working residents leave Swan River for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (17%), Little Falls (13%) and Upsala (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 320 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 318 Swan River residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swan River.

318live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
38work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Swan River goes to work

SalinasSwanvilleBuffalo LakeAvonRoyaltonLong PrairieUpsalaSobieskiRiceLittle FallsBrainerdWaite ParkSt. CloudSwan RiverSwanvilleTwo RiversRound PrairieBellevueBurnhamvilleLittle FallsElmdalePike CreekSt. CloudLittle FallsUpsalaSwanvilleAvonRiceWaite ParkLong PrairieRoyaltonBrainerdSwan River
1
St. Cloud27.9 mi away
17%53
2
Little Falls8.3 mi away
13%42
3
Upsala7.6 mi away
5%17
4
Swanville9.7 mi away
3%9
5
Avon19.2 mi away
3%8
6
Rice12.9 mi away
3%8
7
Waite Park26.8 mi away
3%8
8
Long Prairie21.1 mi away
2%7
9
Royalton8.1 mi away
2%6
10
Brainerd34.6 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%156

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

How far

How far Swan River commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
33%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Swan River 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 Swan River are

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

Jobs based in Swan River

40 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)55%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less28%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Swan River residents hold

320 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+21%

Jobs based in Swan River, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 40. 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.

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