Work & commute · Berlin

Work & commute in Berlin, MN

Most working residents leave Berlin for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Owatonna (42%), Blooming Prairie (7%) and Rochester (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 229 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 228 Berlin residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berlin.

228live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berlin goes to work

Owatonna15.3 mi away

42%96

Blooming Prairie14 mi away

7%15

Rochester43.6 mi away

5%11

Faribault28.9 mi away

3%6

Minneapolis74.7 mi away

3%6

Owatonna13.3 mi away

3%6

New Richland7.9 mi away

2%4

Albert Lea15.9 mi away

2%4

Medford20.2 mi away

1%3

Madison Lake32.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%75

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

How far

How far Berlin commutes

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

62%

18%

15%

5%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berlin is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Berlin are

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

Jobs based in Berlin

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Berlin residents hold

229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−42%

Jobs based in Berlin, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 33. 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.