Work & commute · Frost

Work & commute in Frost, MN

Most working residents leave Frost for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Blue Earth (24%), Mankato (10%) and Kiester (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 62 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 61 Frost residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frost.

61live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frost goes to work

Blue Earth9.6 mi away

24%15

Mankato40.6 mi away

10%6

Kiester11.2 mi away

5%3

Brush Creek6 mi away

5%3

Milford, IA63.6 mi away

3%2

Bricelyn5.8 mi away

3%2

Sioux Falls, SD140.6 mi away

3%2

Mountain Village, CO825.7 mi away

2%1

Vail, CO697.1 mi away

2%1

Buffalo Center, IA13.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%26

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

How far

How far Frost commutes

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

37%

13%

18%

32%

37%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frost is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frost are

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

Jobs based in Frost

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Frost residents hold

62 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−4%

Jobs based in Frost, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 27. 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.