Work & commute · East Chain

Work & commute in East Chain, MN

Most working residents leave East Chain for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fairmont (36%), Blue Earth (6%) and Marshall (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 126 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 124 East Chain residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Chain.

124live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Chain goes to work

Fairmont10.5 mi away

36%45

Blue Earth12.4 mi away

6%8

Marshall96.6 mi away

5%6

Estherville, IA28.2 mi away

4%5

Wells31.9 mi away

4%5

Mankato46.4 mi away

4%5

Jackson34.5 mi away

2%3

Pocahontas, IA58.6 mi away

2%2

Sherburn22.3 mi away

2%2

Edgerton93.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%43

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

How far

How far East Chain commutes

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

24%

30%

23%

24%

24%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Chain is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Chain are

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

Jobs based in East Chain

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs East Chain residents hold

126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+20%

Jobs based in East Chain, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 59. 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.