Work & commute · Brush Creek

Work & commute in Brush Creek, MN

Most working residents leave Brush Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Blue Earth (25%), Kiester (15%) and Mankato (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 48 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 47 Brush Creek residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brush Creek.

47live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brush Creek goes to work

Blue Earth14.2 mi away

25%12

Kiester8 mi away

15%7

Mankato38.7 mi away

10%5

Buffalo Center, IA17.3 mi away

4%2

Wells9.3 mi away

4%2

North Mankato40.2 mi away

4%2

Marshall113.3 mi away

4%2

Seely6 mi away

4%2

Hartley, IA88.7 mi away

2%1

Forest City, IA26.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%12

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

How far

How far Brush Creek commutes

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

21%

38%

19%

23%

21%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brush Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brush Creek are

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

Jobs based in Brush Creek

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Brush Creek residents hold

48 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−6%

Jobs based in Brush Creek, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 45. 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.