Work & commute · Swanville

Work & commute in Swanville, MN

Most working residents leave Swanville for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (19%), Little Falls (15%) and Upsala (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 221 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 220 Swanville residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swanville.

220live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swanville goes to work

St. Cloud32.1 mi away

19%41

Little Falls12.3 mi away

15%33

Upsala5.8 mi away

6%14

Waite Park30.5 mi away

3%7

Baxter34.1 mi away

2%5

Brockway17.7 mi away

2%5

Long Prairie14.8 mi away

2%4

Rice18.6 mi away

2%4

Brainerd36.5 mi away

2%4

Swanville3.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%101

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

How far

How far Swanville commutes

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

16%

30%

37%

16%

16%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swanville is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swanville are

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

Jobs based in Swanville

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Swanville residents hold

221 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−27%

Jobs based in Swanville, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 54. 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.