Work & commute · Canby

Work & commute in Canby, MN

About one in 3 of Canby’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Marshall (13%), Norman (3%) and Montevideo (2%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

304 of 786 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 482 Canby residents head out of town to work, 304 work right here, and 684 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canby.

482live here, work elsewhere

304live and work here

684work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canby goes to work

Canby (in town)right here

39%304

Marshall30 mi away

13%106

Norman3.5 mi away

3%24

Montevideo31.6 mi away

2%14

Willmar65.5 mi away

2%13

Minneapolis148 mi away

2%13

Mankato119.3 mi away

1%11

Brookings, SD38.3 mi away

1%11

Madison20.9 mi away

1%8

Morris62.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%274

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

How far

How far Canby commutes

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

44%

22%

25%

44%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canby is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Canby are

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

Jobs based in Canby

988 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Canby residents hold

786 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+32%

Jobs based in Canby, 2013 → 2023: 747 → 988. 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.