Work & commute · Swanville

Work & commute in Swanville, MN

Most working residents leave Swanville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Little Falls (16%), St. Cloud (14%) and Rice (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 154 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 149 Swanville residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swanville.

149live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swanville goes to work

Little Falls14.5 mi away

16%24

St. Cloud35.1 mi away

14%21

Rice21.9 mi away

5%8

Sauk Rapids32.3 mi away

4%6

Swanville (in town)right here

3%5

Albany20.3 mi away

3%4

St. Joseph29.2 mi away

3%4

Brockway20.9 mi away

3%4

Little Falls15.9 mi away

3%4

St. Martin28.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%71

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.

10%

40%

34%

16%

10%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swanville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Swanville are

146 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

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Swanville residents hold

154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+106%

Jobs based in Swanville, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 146. 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.