Work & commute · Bricelyn

Work & commute in Bricelyn, MN

Most working residents leave Bricelyn for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Blue Earth (23%), Kiester (6%) and Mankato (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 84 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 83 Bricelyn residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bricelyn.

83live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bricelyn goes to work

Blue Earth15.4 mi away

23%19

Kiester5.4 mi away

6%5

Mankato42.9 mi away

6%5

Winnebago22.8 mi away

5%4

Frost5.8 mi away

4%3

North Mankato44.4 mi away

4%3

Marshall115.8 mi away

4%3

Thief River Falls334.3 mi away

2%2

Albert Lea23.4 mi away

2%2

Minneapolis100.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%36

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

How far

How far Bricelyn commutes

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

18%

34%

15%

33%

18%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bricelyn is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bricelyn are

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

Jobs based in Bricelyn

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Bricelyn residents hold

84 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−3%

Jobs based in Bricelyn, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 28. 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.