Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0Flensburg has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
3% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Flensburg has 17 jobs, and 89 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Flensburg itself; outside it, Little Falls draws the most (34%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Flensburg, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Flensburg on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Flensburg goes to work
Where Flensburg clocks in
34% of workers
6% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods, not services: 47% of the jobs in Flensburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flensburg, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 17. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Flensburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Flensburg: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flensburg workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 110 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Flensburg to work
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Flensburg and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Pike Creek Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flensburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flensburg | – | — | — | 21 min | $108,750 |
| Culdrum Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Pike Creek Township | 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Culdrum Township and Pike Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Flensburg’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Flensburg: questions
What is the median household income in Flensburg?
$108,750 (±$14,094) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flensburg?
4.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flensburg?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flensburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Falls (34%, 9 mi), St. Cloud (6%, 34 mi), Long Prairie (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Flensburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flensburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flensburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.