Work & commute · Blooming Grove

Work & commute in Blooming Grove, MN

Most working residents leave Blooming Grove for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Waseca (17%), Owatonna (13%) and Mankato (13%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 241 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 241 Blooming Grove residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blooming Grove.

241live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blooming Grove goes to work

Waseca5.9 mi away

17%42

Owatonna12 mi away

13%31

Mankato25.7 mi away

13%31

North Mankato29 mi away

5%13

Faribault13.1 mi away

5%13

Janesville12.8 mi away

4%9

New Richland18.5 mi away

2%5

St. Mary9.7 mi away

2%5

Rochester49.6 mi away

2%4

Wells13.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%84

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

How far

How far Blooming Grove commutes

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

24%

40%

22%

14%

24%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blooming Grove is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blooming Grove are

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

Jobs based in Blooming Grove

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Blooming Grove residents hold

241 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 month19%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−25%

Jobs based in Blooming Grove, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 57. 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.