Work & commute · Elysian

Work & commute in Elysian, MN

Most working residents leave Elysian for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (11%), Faribault (9%) and Owatonna (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 361 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 356 Elysian residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elysian.

356live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elysian goes to work

Mankato14.6 mi away

11%38

Faribault21.1 mi away

9%32

Owatonna23.7 mi away

8%29

Waterville5.6 mi away

7%26

Waseca12.5 mi away

5%18

Minneapolis56.1 mi away

4%15

St. Paul58.7 mi away

3%12

North Mankato17.8 mi away

3%10

Rochester61.3 mi away

3%10

St. Louis Park53.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%162

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

How far

How far Elysian commutes

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

11%

49%

12%

27%

11%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elysian is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elysian are

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

Jobs based in Elysian

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Elysian residents hold

361 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+65%

Jobs based in Elysian, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 147. 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.