Work & commute · Carson

Work & commute in Carson, MN

Most working residents leave Carson for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mountain Lake (26%), Windom (18%) and St. James (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 137 Carson residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carson.

137live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carson goes to work

Mountain Lake6.5 mi away

26%36

Windom7.6 mi away

18%25

St. James21.1 mi away

4%5

Jackson24 mi away

4%5

Mankato55.1 mi away

4%5

Mountain Lake9.2 mi away

4%5

Midway7.1 mi away

3%4

Sleepy Eye27.8 mi away

2%3

Marshall49.4 mi away

2%3

Delton6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%45

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

How far

How far Carson commutes

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

53%

19%

11%

17%

53%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carson is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carson are

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

Jobs based in Carson

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Carson residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−8%

Jobs based in Carson, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 34. 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.