Work & commute · Adrian

Work & commute in Adrian, MN

Most working residents leave Adrian for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Worthington (22%), Sioux Falls (7%) and Brewster (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

84 of 535 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 451 Adrian residents head out of town to work, 84 work right here, and 345 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Adrian.

451live here, work elsewhere

84live and work here

345work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Adrian goes to work

Worthington16.7 mi away

22%116

Adrian (in town)right here

16%84

Sioux Falls, SD40.5 mi away

7%35

Brewster23.8 mi away

6%32

Luverne14.1 mi away

5%27

Leota12 mi away

3%16

Wilmont10.5 mi away

2%13

Pipestone31.3 mi away

1%8

Slayton26.1 mi away

1%7

Wells110.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%191

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.

20%

45%

15%

21%

20%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Adrian is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Adrian are

429 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

429 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Adrian residents hold

535 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+11%

Jobs based in Adrian, 2013 → 2023: 385 → 429. 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.