Work & commute · Butterfield

Work & commute in Butterfield, MN

Most working residents leave Butterfield for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are St. James (15%), Mankato (6%) and Madelia (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

25 of 254 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 229 Butterfield residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 204 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butterfield.

229live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

204work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butterfield goes to work

St. James8.5 mi away

15%39

Butterfield (in town)right here

10%25

Mankato43.2 mi away

6%15

Madelia19.6 mi away

6%14

Windom17.2 mi away

5%13

Mountain Lake6.6 mi away

4%10

New Ulm29.3 mi away

3%8

Mountain Lake7.8 mi away

3%8

Fairmont27.2 mi away

3%7

Marshall59.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%109

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

How far

How far Butterfield commutes

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

38%

22%

18%

38%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butterfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Butterfield are

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

Jobs based in Butterfield

229 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Butterfield residents hold

254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−5%

Jobs based in Butterfield, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 229. 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.