Work & commute · Arena

Work & commute in Arena, MN

Most working residents leave Arena for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (13%), Ortonville (9%) and Dawson (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 56 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

66 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

57%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 54 Arena residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arena.

54live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arena goes to work

Madison5 mi away

13%7

Ortonville20.9 mi away

9%5

Dawson13.4 mi away

7%4

Mankato128.2 mi away

5%3

Hamlin9.2 mi away

5%3

Marietta6.2 mi away

4%2

Montevideo28.6 mi away

4%2

Brookings, SD55.1 mi away

4%2

Sioux Falls, SD104.4 mi away

4%2

Walter8.3 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%24

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

How far

How far Arena commutes

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

24%

31%

16%

29%

24%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arena is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arena are

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

Jobs based in Arena

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities83%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Arena residents hold

56 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month45%

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.