Work & commute · Eagle Lake

Work & commute in Eagle Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Eagle Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (43%), North Mankato (11%) and St. Peter (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 1,542 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,508 Eagle Lake residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eagle Lake.

1,508live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eagle Lake goes to work

Mankato4.7 mi away

43%664

North Mankato8 mi away

11%166

St. Peter12.2 mi away

5%81

Eagle Lake (in town)right here

2%34

Madison Lake4.9 mi away

2%33

Rochester70.4 mi away

2%27

St. Paul66.4 mi away

1%22

Minneapolis63 mi away

1%19

Waseca19.6 mi away

1%18

Mankato3.4 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%460

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

How far

How far Eagle Lake commutes

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

65%

12%

17%

65%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eagle Lake is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eagle Lake are

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

Jobs based in Eagle Lake

268 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Eagle Lake residents hold

1,542 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+82%

Jobs based in Eagle Lake, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 268. 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.