Work & commute · Emmons

Work & commute in Emmons, MN

Most working residents leave Emmons for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Albert Lea (37%), Alden (7%) and Rochester (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 143 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 143 Emmons residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emmons.

143live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emmons goes to work

Albert Lea11.7 mi away

37%53

Alden11.8 mi away

7%10

Rochester61.2 mi away

7%10

Minneapolis101.1 mi away

3%5

Wells20.5 mi away

3%4

Austin27.8 mi away

3%4

Geneva24 mi away

2%3

Bloomington91.7 mi away

2%3

Pickerel Lake7.9 mi away

2%3

Owatonna42.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%46

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

How far

How far Emmons commutes

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

56%

34%

2%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emmons is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Emmons are

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

Jobs based in Emmons

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities95%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month93%

Jobs Emmons residents hold

143 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+382%

Jobs based in Emmons, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 82. 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.