Sacred Heart Public School · Public domainSacred Heart has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 3% stay in Sacred Heart for work; outside it, Granite Falls is the main destination (8%, 10 miles). 91 jobs are based in Sacred Heart, against 225 working residents. 1% of workers have no commute at all, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Sacred Heart stands out on work
Each way, about 22 minutes from Sacred Heart
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sacred Heart workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 201 commuters (the 1% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Sacred Heart
On a workday 218 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Sacred Heart on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Sacred Heart ends
Where Sacred Heart clocks in
8% 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 jobs make up 74% of work in Sacred Heart
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sacred Heart, 2014 → 2024: 54 → 91. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sacred Heart’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Sacred Heart goes to work
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Sacred Heart and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sacred Heart workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart | – | — | — | 22 min | $70,667 |
| Sacred Heart Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sacred Heart Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sacred Heart’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 2024, 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 Sacred Heart: questions
What is the median household income in Sacred Heart?
$70,667 (±$36,129) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sacred Heart?
11.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sacred Heart?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sacred Heart work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Granite Falls (8%, 10 mi), Emmet Township (8%, 9 mi), Renville (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sacred Heart without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sacred Heart, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sacred Heart
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.