Work & commute · Cannon

Work & commute in Cannon, MN

Most working residents leave Cannon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Faribault (28%), Northfield (12%) and Owatonna (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 625 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 621 Cannon residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cannon.

621live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cannon goes to work

Faribault4.3 mi away

28%173

Northfield8.4 mi away

12%74

Owatonna16.9 mi away

8%48

Minneapolis43.4 mi away

3%21

St. Paul42.6 mi away

2%15

Lakeville23.5 mi away

2%14

Minnetonka42.9 mi away

2%12

Rochester42.5 mi away

2%12

Mankato39.6 mi away

2%11

Eden Prairie37.5 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%234

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

How far

How far Cannon commutes

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

43%

19%

32%

43%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cannon is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cannon are

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

Jobs based in Cannon

142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Cannon residents hold

625 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+84%

Jobs based in Cannon, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 142. 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.