Work & commute · Dale

Work & commute in Dale, MN

Most working residents leave Dale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Windom (42%), Mountain Lake (9%) and Great Bend (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 66 Dale residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dale.

66live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dale goes to work

Windom7.4 mi away

42%28

Mountain Lake14.2 mi away

9%6

Great Bend5.1 mi away

7%5

Jackson25.7 mi away

6%4

Mountain Lake12.1 mi away

3%2

Wells73.1 mi away

3%2

Rochester133.6 mi away

3%2

Kingsley, IA104.1 mi away

1%1

Wabasso29.9 mi away

1%1

Sherburn31.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%15

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

How far

How far Dale commutes

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

43%

28%

21%

43%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dale is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dale are

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

Jobs based in Dale

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Dale residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+245%

Jobs based in Dale, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 38. 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.