Gaylord boxes in Wright County

Wright County runs north-west along I-94. Monticello is its industrial anchor, with Cargill's Sunny Fresh egg plant the largest food employer on the city report. Buffalo, Otsego and St. Michael have no trades.

Wright County's request pattern is simple: Monticello's food work asks for dry, clean boxes in modest runs, and the towns without a trade ask for small counts. If you are along I-94, the corridor makes pickup practical; say so on the request.

Wright County at a glance

Wright County's page gives 141,337 people at the 2020 census and about 157,557 at the 2025 estimate over 714 square miles, 53 of them water. Otsego (19,966), St. Michael (18,235), Buffalo (18,168), Monticello (14,455) and Albertville (7,896) are the largest cities, and the Mississippi forms the northeast boundary.

Roads named are Interstate 94, U.S. 12 and 52 (concealed with I-94), and Minnesota 24, 25, 55, 101 and 241.

Getting around Wright

I-94 crosses the county's northern part, with MN 25 and MN 55 serving the towns away from the interstate.

Wright towns

Across Wright's towns the trades that show most often are food and ingredients (1), power and utilities (1) and distribution, parcel and logistics (1). The largest towns are Otsego, St. Michael and Buffalo.

Monticello

Cargill's Sunny Fresh egg plant is the largest food employer in the 2021 city report.

Monticello's top employers in the city's 2021 report: Xcel Energy at 600, the school district at 576, CentraCare Medical Center at 500, Cargill Kitchen Solutions (Sunny Fresh) at 350, Wal-Mart at 300, Ultra Machine Corporation at 140 and WSI Industries at 100. The Monticello nuclear plant began operating in 1971 beside the Mississippi, and its warm-water discharge heats the river.

An Interstate 94 interchange completed in 2006 on the east end of town gave full access from Wright County Road 18. Since 2002 Monticello has added retail, auto dealerships, hotels and industrial development, guided by a 1996 growth plan and a 2004 annexation agreement with Monticello Township.

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