Most of Stacy commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Stacy grades A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. There are 667 jobs in Stacy, against 2,268 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Stacy: the figures worth knowing
No single place dominates Stacy’s commute
The biggest draw, St. Paul, gets only 7% of working residents, and 56% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Stacy residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Stacy
70% of Stacy residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Stacy pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stacy workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Stacy’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stacy is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #81 of 273 in Minnesota. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Stacy’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stacy could be anywhere from A− to A+.
7% of working residents work in St. Paul
Where Stacy clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
What Stacy’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stacy, 2013 → 2023: 516 → 667. 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 Stacy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Stacy, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stacy workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,136 commuters (the 13% 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.
A workday in Stacy: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,182 residents head out to work, 86 work right here, and 581 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Stacy on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Miles to work from Stacy
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.
In Stacy, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stacy is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #177 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Stacy near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,445 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.5% of Stacy households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stacy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,908 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900, Stacy comes 438th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 17 | Elko New Market MN | 5,300 | $152K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 436 | Coal Valley IL | 3,859 | $107K | 3.9% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| 437 | Willow Springs IL | 5,788 | $104K | 4.1% | 4.6% | 2% | A |
| 438 | Stacy MN | 4,367 | $98K | 5.2% | 2.9% | 4% | A |
| 439 | Richmond UT | 3,130 | $110K | 1.0% | 0.8% | 7% | A |
| 440 | Paxton MA | 5,046 | $134K | 1.4% | 4.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Stacy, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around Stacy
The biggest share goes to Wyoming (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stacy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacy | – | A | B− | 29 min | $98,464 |
| North Branch | 3% | B+ | C | 31 min | $90,456 |
| Chisago City | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $102,197 |
| Wyoming | 4% | A | C+ | 29 min | $107,565 |
| Oxford Township | under 3% | A | D | 38 min | $119,423 |
| Linwood Township | under 3% | A− | D | 33 min | $115,972 |
| Chisago Lake Township | under 3% | A | C | 30 min | $133,220 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stacy’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 Stacy: questions
What is the median household income in Stacy?
$98,464 (±$8,995) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stacy?
5.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stacy?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stacy work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Paul (7%, 33 mi), Minneapolis (7%, 35 mi), Forest Lake (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stacy walkable?
Stacy is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stacy without a car?
0% 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 Stacy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stacy
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.