Work & commute · Helen

Work & commute in Helen, MN

Most working residents leave Helen for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Glencoe (16%), Hutchinson (7%) and Waconia (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 413 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 411 Helen residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Helen.

411live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Helen goes to work

Glencoe4.2 mi away

16%67

Hutchinson17.7 mi away

7%29

Waconia15 mi away

6%24

Eden Prairie30.7 mi away

5%22

Winsted14.2 mi away

5%20

Chanhassen25.5 mi away

3%14

Lester Prairie9.2 mi away

3%13

Minnetonka32.4 mi away

3%13

Chaska22.9 mi away

2%10

Norwood Young America7.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%192

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

How far

How far Helen commutes

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

26%

31%

32%

11%

26%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Helen is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Helen are

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

Jobs based in Helen

119 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Helen residents hold

413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+8%

Jobs based in Helen, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 119. 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.