Work & commute · Cordova

Work & commute in Cordova, MN

Most working residents leave Cordova for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Le Center (12%), Mankato (9%) and St. Peter (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 233 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 232 Cordova residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cordova.

232live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cordova goes to work

Le Center4.3 mi away

12%28

Mankato17.7 mi away

9%20

St. Peter13.5 mi away

5%12

New Prague16 mi away

4%10

Faribault20.7 mi away

3%8

Burnsville36.3 mi away

3%8

Lexington6.1 mi away

3%8

Montgomery9.8 mi away

3%7

Le Sueur14.1 mi away

3%7

North Mankato19.9 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%119

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

How far

How far Cordova commutes

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

22%

40%

23%

15%

22%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cordova is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cordova are

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

Jobs based in Cordova

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Cordova residents hold

233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+17%

Jobs based in Cordova, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 28. 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.