Work & commute · Courtland

Work & commute in Courtland, MN

Most working residents leave Courtland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New Ulm (36%), Mankato (11%) and St. Peter (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 355 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 347 Courtland residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Courtland.

347live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Courtland goes to work

New Ulm6.8 mi away

36%129

Mankato19.5 mi away

11%38

St. Peter18.9 mi away

4%14

Lafayette12.1 mi away

3%9

Winthrop18.5 mi away

3%9

North Mankato16.2 mi away

3%9

Courtland (in town)right here

2%8

Gaylord20.4 mi away

2%6

Leavenworth22.6 mi away

2%6

Burnsville62.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%122

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

How far

How far Courtland commutes

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

43%

34%

18%

43%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Courtland is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Courtland are

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

Jobs based in Courtland

199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Courtland residents hold

355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+149%

Jobs based in Courtland, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 199. 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.