St. Cloud has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
47 jobs are based in St. Cloud, and 255 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in St. Cloud for work; outside it, Fond du Lac is the main destination (17%, 14 miles). A typical one-way commute from St. Cloud lasts 27 minutes (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in St. Cloud: the figures worth knowing
St. Cloud is a place people come home to
There are 47 jobs based in St. Cloud, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday St. Cloud has about 280 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
St. Cloud and Fond du Lac trade workers both ways
Fond du Lac is the top workplace for St. Cloud residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in St. Cloud come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
St. Cloud workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 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; with 255 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through St. Cloud
On a workday 253 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in St. Cloud on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 people from St. Cloud work
Where St. Cloud clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
The trip to work from St. Cloud: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Cloud workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 232 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Jobs in St. Cloud: what the 47 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Cloud, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 47. 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. Cloud’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles St. Cloud commutes
About 16% 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.
Work in the towns next to St. Cloud
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Cloud workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Cloud | – | — | — | 27 min | $100,357 |
| Marshfield | under 3% | B | B− | 29 min | $98,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Cloud’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 St. Cloud: questions
What is the median household income in St. Cloud?
$100,357 (±$12,332) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Cloud?
2.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Cloud?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Cloud work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fond du Lac (17%, 14 mi), Calumet (8%, 8 mi), Milwaukee (3%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Cloud 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 St. Cloud, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Cloud
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.