Work & commute · Cobden

Work & commute in Cobden, MN

Most working residents leave Cobden for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are New Ulm (45%), Sleepy Eye (18%) and St. Peter (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 11 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11 Cobden residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cobden.

11live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cobden goes to work

New Ulm18.8 mi away

45%5

Sleepy Eye6.2 mi away

18%2

St. Peter43.6 mi away

9%1

Hutchinson47.6 mi away

9%1

Milford14.1 mi away

9%1

Home9.2 mi away

9%1

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

How far

How far Cobden commutes

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

27%

55%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

0%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cobden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cobden are

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

Jobs based in Cobden

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Cobden residents hold

11 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+800%

Jobs based in Cobden, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 9. 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.