Work & commute · Ihlen

Work & commute in Ihlen, MN

Most working residents leave Ihlen for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pipestone (22%), Gray (11%) and Woodstock (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 18 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 18 Ihlen residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ihlen.

18live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ihlen goes to work

Pipestone6.3 mi away

22%4

Gray7.5 mi away

11%2

Woodstock15.2 mi away

6%1

Jasper4.8 mi away

6%1

Edgerton12.4 mi away

6%1

Wells132.1 mi away

6%1

Luverne19.8 mi away

6%1

Le Sueur128.3 mi away

6%1

Worthington43.4 mi away

6%1

Marshall46.8 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%4

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

How far

How far Ihlen commutes

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

44%

28%

17%

11%

44%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ihlen is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ihlen are

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

Jobs based in Ihlen

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Ihlen residents hold

18 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month56%

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.