Work & commute · Gaylord

Work & commute in Gaylord, MN

About one in 4 of Gaylord’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Glencoe (5%), Arlington (4%) and Le Sueur (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

284 of 1,010 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 726 Gaylord residents head out of town to work, 284 work right here, and 1,186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gaylord.

726live here, work elsewhere

284live and work here

1,186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gaylord goes to work

Gaylord (in town)right here

28%284

Glencoe15.1 mi away

5%46

Arlington7.6 mi away

4%41

Le Sueur16.4 mi away

4%36

New Ulm21 mi away

3%26

Winthrop7.3 mi away

2%25

St. Peter19.8 mi away

2%21

Waconia28.6 mi away

2%20

Hutchinson24.1 mi away

2%19

Chaska34.7 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%473

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

How far

How far Gaylord commutes

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

38%

24%

21%

17%

38%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gaylord is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gaylord are

1,470 jobs are based in Gaylord. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gaylord’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gaylord

1,470 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Gaylord residents hold

1,010 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+81%

Jobs based in Gaylord, 2013 → 2023: 810 → 1,470. 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.