Work & commute · Fairmont

Work & commute in Fairmont, MN

53% of Fairmont’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Marshall (4%), Blue Earth (3%) and Mankato (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53%

2,332 of 4,429 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 2,097 Fairmont residents head out of town to work, 2,332 work right here, and 2,794 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairmont.

2,097live here, work elsewhere

2,332live and work here

2,794work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairmont goes to work

Fairmont (in town)right here

53%2,332

Marshall86.1 mi away

4%167

Blue Earth18.2 mi away

3%128

Mankato43.7 mi away

3%120

Jackson26.3 mi away

2%83

Sioux Falls, SD113.7 mi away

2%71

Winnebago16.8 mi away

1%50

Wells37.1 mi away

1%46

Truman12.7 mi away

1%45

Rolling Green5.1 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,342

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

How far

How far Fairmont commutes

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

57%

11%

22%

57%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairmont is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairmont are

5,126 jobs are based in Fairmont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairmont

5,126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Fairmont residents hold

4,429 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+4%

Jobs based in Fairmont, 2013 → 2023: 4,920 → 5,126. 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.