Work & commute · Jamestown

Work & commute in Jamestown, MN

Most working residents leave Jamestown for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (39%), North Mankato (9%) and St. Peter (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 340 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 336 Jamestown residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jamestown.

336live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jamestown goes to work

Mankato8 mi away

39%131

North Mankato10.8 mi away

9%31

St. Peter10.3 mi away

7%24

Eagle Lake4.6 mi away

2%8

Madison Lake1 mi away

2%7

Owatonna30.8 mi away

2%7

Lime6.1 mi away

2%6

Mankato8 mi away

2%6

Waseca18.7 mi away

1%5

South Bend14.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%110

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

How far

How far Jamestown commutes

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

52%

26%

14%

52%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jamestown is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jamestown are

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

Jobs based in Jamestown

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Jamestown residents hold

340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+54%

Jobs based in Jamestown, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 63. 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.