Work & commute · Ellendale

Work & commute in Ellendale, MN

Most working residents leave Ellendale for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Owatonna (28%), Blooming Prairie (16%) and Austin (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 319 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 311 Ellendale residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellendale.

311live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

190work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellendale goes to work

Owatonna15.5 mi away

28%88

Blooming Prairie12.1 mi away

16%50

Austin21.2 mi away

8%27

Rochester42 mi away

6%19

Albert Lea15.4 mi away

5%17

Ellendale (in town)right here

3%8

Faribault29.5 mi away

2%5

Medford20.6 mi away

1%4

Dodge Center24.7 mi away

1%3

Byron34.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%95

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

How far

How far Ellendale commutes

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

65%

16%

14%

5%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellendale is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellendale are

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

Jobs based in Ellendale

198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Ellendale residents hold

319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+21%

Jobs based in Ellendale, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 198. 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.