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Jobs & commute in St. Vincent

St. Vincent has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

There are 10 jobs in St. Vincent, and 23 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in St. Vincent for work; outside it, Hallock is the main destination (35%, 19 miles). 24% of workers work from home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves St. Vincent for work, and who comes in

On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.

23live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
10work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night49
Workday36
49live here− 23head out to work+ 10come in to work= 36on a workday

About 36 people are in St. Vincent on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.43jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from St. Vincent ends

StephenSt. VincentKarlstadHallock: 8 residents work here (35%)Crookston: 2 residents work here (9%)East Grand Forks: 2 residents work here (9%)Park Rapids: 1 residents work here (4%)New Ulm: 1 residents work here (4%)St. Cloud: 1 residents work here (4%)DraytonPembina: 2 residents work here (9%)Grafton: 1 residents work here (4%)West Fargo: 1 residents work here (4%)Grand ForksFargo: 1 residents work here (4%)Thompson TownshipHallock TownshipSt. Vincent TownshipPembina TownshipHallockCrookstonEast Grand ForksPembinaPark RapidsNew UlmSt. Vincent
1
Hallock19.1 mi away
35%8
2
Crookston87.3 mi away
9%2
3
East Grand Forks72.6 mi away
9%2
4
Pembina, ND0.9 mi away
9%2
5
Park Rapids173.7 mi away
4%1
6
New Ulm347.3 mi away
4%1
7
St. Cloud277.6 mi away
4%1
8
Grafton, ND39.2 mi away
4%1
9
West Fargo, ND146.6 mi away
4%1
10
Fargo, ND146.6 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
13%3
The top trips

Where St. Vincent clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Goods jobs make up 90% of work in St. Vincent

Jobs based in St. VincentJobs St. Vincent residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms90%17%
Trade, transport & utilities10%30%
Services: health, schools, offices0%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%26%
Over $3,333 a month100%57%

Who does it

29 or younger50%35%
30 to 5440%43%
55 and older10%22%
−52%

Jobs based in St. Vincent, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 10. 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 St. Vincent’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 8 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota

A year of commuting
64 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

St. Vincent8 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
24%

of St. Vincent workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How St. Vincent gets to work
79%Drive alone
11%Carpool
11%Walk

Share of the 19 commuters (the 24% 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.

How far

How far St. Vincent goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHallock: 35% · 19.1 miCrookston: 9% · 87.3 miEast Grand Forks: 9% · 72.6 miPembina: 9% · 0.9 miPark Rapids: 4% · 173.7 miNew Ulm: 4% · 347.3 miSt. Cloud: 4% · 277.6 miGrafton: 4% · 39.2 miWest Fargo: 4% · 146.6 miFargo: 4% · 146.6 miHallock 35%Crookston 9%East Grand Forks 9%Pembina 9%Park Rapids 4%St. Vincent
St. VincentTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi2 residents
35%10–24 mi8 residents
13%25–50 mi3 residents
43%Over 50 mi10 residents

About 43% 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.

Next door

Around St. Vincent: the bordering towns

Jobs & commute next door

TownSt. Vincent workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
St. Vincent–——8 min$58,750
St. Vincent Townshipunder 5%——22 min—

Same-state neighbors only. St. Vincent Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of St. Vincent’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in St. Vincent: questions

What is the median household income in St. Vincent?

$58,750 (±$17,426) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in St. Vincent?

0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from St. Vincent?

8 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in St. Vincent work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hallock (35%, 19 mi), Crookston (9%, 87 mi), East Grand Forks (9%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around St. Vincent without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from St. Vincent, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of St. Vincent

St. Vincent home →

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.