Work & commute · Freeman

Work & commute in Freeman, MN

Most working residents leave Freeman for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Albert Lea (48%), Rochester (8%) and Austin (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 184 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 184 Freeman residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freeman.

184live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freeman goes to work

Albert Lea7.8 mi away

48%89

Rochester54.3 mi away

8%14

Austin20.6 mi away

5%10

Owatonna38.5 mi away

4%7

Bancroft12.3 mi away

3%5

Lakeville78.5 mi away

2%3

St. Paul98 mi away

2%3

Albert Lea5.7 mi away

2%3

Clarks Grove15.3 mi away

1%2

Glenville4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%46

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

How far

How far Freeman commutes

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

44%

21%

28%

44%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freeman is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Freeman are

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

Jobs based in Freeman

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month92%

Jobs Freeman residents hold

184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+2700%

Jobs based in Freeman, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 84. 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.