Work & commute · Adrian

Work & commute in Adrian, MN

Most working residents leave Adrian for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Madelia (20%), Mankato (13%) and St. James (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 64 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 63 Adrian residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Adrian.

63live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Adrian goes to work

Madelia18.4 mi away

20%13

Mankato41.1 mi away

13%8

St. James9.8 mi away

8%5

New Ulm23.5 mi away

5%3

Madelia17.6 mi away

5%3

Shelby32.6 mi away

5%3

Wells57 mi away

3%2

North Mankato38 mi away

3%2

Cherokee, IA98.4 mi away

2%1

La Salle10.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%23

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Adrian commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10%

41%

29%

21%

10%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Adrian is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Adrian are

10 jobs are based in Adrian. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Adrian’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Adrian

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Adrian residents hold

64 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+67%

Jobs based in Adrian, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 10. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.