Work & commute · Danube

Work & commute in Danube, MN

Most working residents leave Danube for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Olivia (31%), Willmar (7%) and Emmet (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 229 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 228 Danube residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Danube.

228live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Danube goes to work

Olivia5.3 mi away

31%72

Willmar22.9 mi away

7%15

Emmet4.3 mi away

6%14

Bird Island10.4 mi away

5%12

Buffalo Lake24.1 mi away

3%8

Redwood Falls16.9 mi away

3%6

Renville5 mi away

2%5

St. Paul98.5 mi away

2%5

Hector19.5 mi away

2%4

New Ulm45.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%84

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

How far

How far Danube commutes

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

45%

27%

21%

45%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Danube is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Danube are

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

Jobs based in Danube

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Danube residents hold

229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+32%

Jobs based in Danube, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 94. 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.