Work & commute · Charlestown

Work & commute in Charlestown, MN

Most working residents leave Charlestown for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lamberton (23%), Springfield (11%) and Lamberton (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 61 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 58 Charlestown residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charlestown.

58live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charlestown goes to work

Lamberton4.3 mi away

23%14

Springfield10 mi away

11%7

Lamberton5.1 mi away

7%4

Tracy21.6 mi away

5%3

Marshall33.1 mi away

5%3

Charlestown (in town)right here

5%3

Revere8.9 mi away

3%2

Windom25.9 mi away

3%2

Willmar60.8 mi away

3%2

Morgan17.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%20

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

How far

How far Charlestown commutes

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

46%

20%

11%

23%

46%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charlestown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Charlestown are

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

Jobs based in Charlestown

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Charlestown residents hold

61 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−6%

Jobs based in Charlestown, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 64. 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.