Work & commute · Good Thunder

Work & commute in Good Thunder, MN

Most working residents leave Good Thunder for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (31%), North Mankato (8%) and Amboy (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 278 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 273 Good Thunder residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Good Thunder.

273live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Good Thunder goes to work

Mankato12.3 mi away

31%85

North Mankato12.2 mi away

8%23

Amboy9.3 mi away

4%10

Vernon Center5.7 mi away

3%9

Mapleton7.9 mi away

3%8

Lake Crystal10.1 mi away

3%7

Shelby10 mi away

3%7

Good Thunder (in town)right here

2%5

Madelia17.6 mi away

2%5

Winnebago17.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%114

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

How far

How far Good Thunder commutes

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

15%

56%

20%

15%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Good Thunder is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Good Thunder are

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

Jobs based in Good Thunder

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Good Thunder residents hold

278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+130%

Jobs based in Good Thunder, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 62. 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.