Work & commute · Gibbon

Work & commute in Gibbon, MN

Most working residents leave Gibbon for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Gaylord (11%), Winthrop (10%) and New Ulm (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 387 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 366 Gibbon residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gibbon.

366live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gibbon goes to work

Gaylord15.4 mi away

11%43

Winthrop8.1 mi away

10%39

New Ulm15.5 mi away

10%38

Hutchinson25.4 mi away

9%33

Gibbon (in town)right here

5%21

Glencoe24.6 mi away

3%10

St. Peter30.9 mi away

2%9

Buffalo Lake14.8 mi away

2%8

St. Paul75.4 mi away

2%6

Transit11 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%174

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

How far

How far Gibbon commutes

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

22%

35%

19%

23%

22%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gibbon is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gibbon are

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

Jobs based in Gibbon

136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Gibbon residents hold

387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−30%

Jobs based in Gibbon, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 136. 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.