Work & commute · Carlston

Work & commute in Carlston, MN

Most working residents leave Carlston for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albert Lea (31%), Owatonna (6%) and Rochester (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 138 Carlston residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carlston.

138live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carlston goes to work

Albert Lea12.4 mi away

31%43

Owatonna31.7 mi away

6%8

Rochester59.4 mi away

6%8

New Richland13.3 mi away

4%5

Austin31.1 mi away

4%5

Waseca25.7 mi away

3%4

Minneapolis87.7 mi away

3%4

Clarks Grove13.8 mi away

2%3

Ellendale18.4 mi away

2%3

Wells7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%53

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

How far

How far Carlston commutes

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

11%

46%

19%

24%

11%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carlston is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carlston are

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

Jobs based in Carlston

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Carlston residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+4%

Jobs based in Carlston, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 24. 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.