Work & commute · Bancroft

Work & commute in Bancroft, MN

Most working residents leave Bancroft for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albert Lea (53%), Austin (6%) and Rochester (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 312 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 308 Bancroft residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bancroft.

308live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bancroft goes to work

Albert Lea4.6 mi away

53%165

Austin18.7 mi away

6%19

Rochester47.8 mi away

6%19

Owatonna26.3 mi away

4%11

Minneapolis86 mi away

2%6

Bloomington76.7 mi away

2%5

Freeman12.3 mi away

2%5

Lakeville66.2 mi away

1%4

Bancroft (in town)right here

1%4

Northwood, IA20.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%71

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

How far

How far Bancroft commutes

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

59%

12%

10%

19%

59%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bancroft is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bancroft are

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

Jobs based in Bancroft

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Bancroft residents hold

312 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+32%

Jobs based in Bancroft, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 86. 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.