Work & commute · Faribault

Work & commute in Faribault, MN

About one in 3 of Faribault’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Northfield (7%), Owatonna (6%) and Minneapolis (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

4,189 of 10,682 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 6,493 Faribault residents head out of town to work, 4,189 work right here, and 6,677 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Faribault.

6,493live here, work elsewhere

4,189live and work here

6,677work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Faribault goes to work

Faribault (in town)right here

39%4,189

Northfield12 mi away

7%740

Owatonna14.5 mi away

6%673

Minneapolis45.9 mi away

3%353

Rochester44.3 mi away

2%232

St. Paul45.7 mi away

2%228

Burnsville32.1 mi away

2%192

Lakeville26 mi away

2%184

Shieldsville10.5 mi away

2%169

Willmar104.2 mi away

2%167

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%3,555

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

How far

How far Faribault commutes

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

42%

19%

26%

12%

42%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Faribault is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Faribault are

10,866 jobs are based in Faribault. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Faribault’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Faribault

10,866 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Faribault residents hold

10,682 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+8%

Jobs based in Faribault, 2013 → 2023: 10,043 → 10,866. 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.