Work & commute · Zion

Work & commute in Zion, MN

Most working residents leave Zion for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (15%), Cold Spring (11%) and Richmond (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 188 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 185 Zion residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zion.

185live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zion goes to work

St. Cloud25.8 mi away

15%28

Cold Spring12.8 mi away

11%21

Richmond8.6 mi away

6%11

Wakefield11.2 mi away

5%9

Albany13.8 mi away

4%7

Paynesville5.1 mi away

3%6

Minneapolis77 mi away

3%6

St. Martin3.9 mi away

2%4

Waite Park22.3 mi away

2%4

St. Paul84.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%88

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

How far

How far Zion commutes

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

12%

46%

20%

21%

12%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zion is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Zion are

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

Jobs based in Zion

107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)99%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Zion residents hold

188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+49%

Jobs based in Zion, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 107. 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.