Work & commute · Gales

Work & commute in Gales, MN

Most working residents leave Gales for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (16%), Walnut Grove (8%) and Milroy (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 75 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 74 Gales residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gales.

74live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gales goes to work

Marshall15 mi away

16%12

Walnut Grove8 mi away

8%6

Milroy6 mi away

5%4

Canby45 mi away

4%3

Tracy7.7 mi away

4%3

Redwood Falls25.9 mi away

4%3

Wood Lake22 mi away

3%2

Wabasso14.5 mi away

3%2

Rogers112.6 mi away

3%2

Mankato77.9 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%36

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

How far

How far Gales commutes

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

20%

39%

15%

27%

20%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gales is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gales are

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

Jobs based in Gales

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities71%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Gales residents hold

75 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month68%

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Jobs based in Gales, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 24. 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.