Work & commute · Cairo

Work & commute in Cairo, MN

Most working residents leave Cairo for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New Ulm (13%), Fairfax (8%) and Redwood Falls (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 84 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 81 Cairo residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cairo.

81live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cairo goes to work

New Ulm15.7 mi away

13%11

Fairfax3.9 mi away

8%7

Redwood Falls21.5 mi away

5%4

Martinsburg13.1 mi away

5%4

Franklin10.8 mi away

4%3

Cairo (in town)right here

4%3

Morgan13.2 mi away

2%2

Bird Island22.2 mi away

2%2

Hector17.9 mi away

2%2

Sleepy Eye13 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%44

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

How far

How far Cairo commutes

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

17%

47%

12%

24%

17%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cairo is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cairo are

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

Jobs based in Cairo

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less52%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Cairo residents hold

84 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+65%

Jobs based in Cairo, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 33. 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.