Work & commute · Dunbar

Work & commute in Dunbar, MN

Most working residents leave Dunbar for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (20%), Blue Earth (12%) and Mapleton (7%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 86 Dunbar residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunbar.

86live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunbar goes to work

Mankato28.6 mi away

20%18

Blue Earth22.8 mi away

12%11

Mapleton15 mi away

7%6

North Mankato30.9 mi away

7%6

Sioux Falls, SD152.4 mi away

4%4

Dunbar (in town)right here

3%3

Algona, IA56.9 mi away

2%2

Easton10.1 mi away

2%2

Minnesota Lake6.7 mi away

2%2

Winnebago23.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%33

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

How far

How far Dunbar commutes

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

12%

26%

37%

25%

12%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunbar is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunbar are

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

Jobs based in Dunbar

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities68%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Dunbar residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+563%

Jobs based in Dunbar, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 53. 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.