Work & commute · Center Creek

Work & commute in Center Creek, MN

Most working residents leave Center Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fairmont (32%), Jackson (5%) and Welcome (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 86 Center Creek residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Center Creek.

86live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Center Creek goes to work

Fairmont9.6 mi away

32%28

Jackson35 mi away

5%4

Welcome15.7 mi away

3%3

Wells28.4 mi away

3%3

Blue Earth11.2 mi away

3%3

Mankato35.3 mi away

3%3

Rutland6.2 mi away

3%3

Granada3 mi away

2%2

Sherburn21.8 mi away

2%2

Madison Lake42.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%34

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

How far

How far Center Creek commutes

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

26%

34%

22%

17%

26%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Center Creek is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Center Creek are

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

Jobs based in Center Creek

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Center Creek residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+17%

Jobs based in Center Creek, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 41. 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.