Work & commute · Janesville

Work & commute in Janesville, MN

Most working residents leave Janesville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (26%), Waseca (9%) and North Mankato (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

83 of 1,128 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,045 Janesville residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 391 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Janesville.

1,045live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

391work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Janesville goes to work

Mankato13.7 mi away

26%293

Waseca10.5 mi away

9%99

North Mankato17 mi away

8%85

Janesville (in town)right here

7%83

Owatonna23.7 mi away

5%62

Faribault24.7 mi away

4%48

St. Peter19.3 mi away

3%30

Rochester61.6 mi away

1%16

Minneapolis62.2 mi away

1%16

Janesville2.6 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%381

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

How far

How far Janesville commutes

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

15%

61%

10%

15%

15%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Janesville is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Janesville are

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

Jobs based in Janesville

474 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Janesville residents hold

1,128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+30%

Jobs based in Janesville, 2013 → 2023: 364 → 474. 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.