Work & commute · Ghent

Work & commute in Ghent, MN

Most working residents leave Ghent for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (49%), Brookings (4%) and Cottonwood (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 186 Ghent residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ghent.

186live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ghent goes to work

Marshall6.7 mi away

49%92

Brookings, SD46.4 mi away

4%8

Cottonwood12.5 mi away

3%5

Minneapolis132.5 mi away

3%5

Redwood Falls39 mi away

2%4

Prinsburg45.3 mi away

2%3

North Mankato94.3 mi away

2%3

St. Paul140.2 mi away

2%3

Fairview5.8 mi away

2%3

Russell13.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%59

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

How far

How far Ghent commutes

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

56%

12%

25%

56%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ghent is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ghent are

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

Jobs based in Ghent

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Ghent residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−25%

Jobs based in Ghent, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 70. 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.