Work & commute · Upsala

Work & commute in Upsala, MN

Most working residents leave Upsala for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Little Falls (12%), St. Cloud (12%) and Avon (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 218 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 205 Upsala residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upsala.

205live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upsala goes to work

Little Falls15.7 mi away

12%27

St. Cloud27.4 mi away

12%26

Upsala (in town)right here

6%13

Avon15.4 mi away

3%7

Holdingford7.2 mi away

3%6

Sartell21.5 mi away

3%6

Waite Park25.4 mi away

3%6

Brockway13.8 mi away

3%6

Royalton13.1 mi away

2%5

Watab20.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%111

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

How far

How far Upsala commutes

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

18%

50%

17%

15%

18%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upsala is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Upsala are

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

Jobs based in Upsala

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Upsala residents hold

218 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+23%

Jobs based in Upsala, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 222. 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.