Work & commute · Butternut Valley

Work & commute in Butternut Valley, MN

Most working residents leave Butternut Valley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (39%), North Mankato (10%) and South Bend (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 152 Butternut Valley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butternut Valley.

152live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butternut Valley goes to work

Mankato16.3 mi away

39%60

North Mankato13.2 mi away

10%15

South Bend10.2 mi away

7%11

Lake Crystal5 mi away

5%8

New Ulm14.1 mi away

3%5

Rochester91 mi away

3%5

St. Peter20.8 mi away

3%4

Judson5.5 mi away

3%4

Minnetonka68.3 mi away

2%3

Minneapolis76 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%34

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

How far

How far Butternut Valley commutes

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

11%

65%

19%

11%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butternut Valley is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Butternut Valley are

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

Jobs based in Butternut Valley

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Butternut Valley residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−51%

Jobs based in Butternut Valley, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 29. 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.