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Work & commute in Home, MN

Most working residents leave Home for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New Ulm (39%), Sleepy Eye (20%) and Springfield (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 209 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 202 Home residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 474 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Home.

202live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

474work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Home goes to work

New Ulm11.2 mi away

39%81

Sleepy Eye4.1 mi away

20%42

Home (in town)right here

3%7

Springfield16.6 mi away

2%4

Redwood Falls24.4 mi away

2%4

Mankato37.4 mi away

1%3

Eden Prairie69.5 mi away

1%3

Gaylord27.3 mi away

1%2

St. James25.8 mi away

1%2

Marshall54.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%59

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

How far

How far Home commutes

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

33%

40%

18%

33%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Home is a job hub

2.30jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Home are

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

Jobs based in Home

481 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Home residents hold

209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+172%

Jobs based in Home, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 481. 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.