Work & commute · Decoria

Work & commute in Decoria, MN

Most working residents leave Decoria for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (40%), North Mankato (10%) and St. Peter (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 487 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 479 Decoria residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Decoria.

479live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Decoria goes to work

Mankato8.2 mi away

40%195

North Mankato10.1 mi away

10%51

St. Peter19.1 mi away

5%24

St. Clair4.7 mi away

2%12

Rochester72.9 mi away

2%10

McPherson5.9 mi away

2%10

Decoria (in town)right here

2%8

Mapleton8.8 mi away

1%7

Waseca22 mi away

1%7

Eden Prairie60 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%156

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

How far

How far Decoria commutes

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

58%

16%

20%

58%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Decoria is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Decoria are

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

Jobs based in Decoria

103 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Decoria residents hold

487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−23%

Jobs based in Decoria, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 103. 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.