Work & commute · Elmer

Work & commute in Elmer, MN

Most working residents leave Elmer for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pipestone (33%), Sioux Falls (10%) and Edgerton (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 112 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 112 Elmer residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmer.

112live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmer goes to work

Pipestone7.6 mi away

33%37

Sioux Falls, SD36.5 mi away

10%11

Edgerton4.8 mi away

5%6

Osborne4.3 mi away

4%4

Jasper10.3 mi away

3%3

Worthington36.3 mi away

3%3

Bloomington156.5 mi away

3%3

Brewster40.1 mi away

2%2

Albert Lea143.2 mi away

2%2

Rochester185.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%39

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

How far

How far Elmer commutes

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

43%

11%

24%

22%

43%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmer is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmer are

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

Jobs based in Elmer

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Elmer residents hold

112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

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.