Work & commute · Jeffers

Work & commute in Jeffers, MN

Most working residents leave Jeffers for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Westbrook (11%), Windom (11%) and Lamberton (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 140 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 139 Jeffers residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jeffers.

139live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jeffers goes to work

Westbrook12.1 mi away

11%16

Windom13.2 mi away

11%15

Lamberton12.6 mi away

4%6

Mankato61 mi away

4%6

Walnut Grove17.9 mi away

4%5

Worthington35.7 mi away

4%5

Marshall40 mi away

4%5

Jackson31.5 mi away

3%4

Storden6.3 mi away

2%3

Springfield16.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%72

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

How far

How far Jeffers commutes

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

45%

22%

28%

5%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jeffers is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jeffers are

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

Jobs based in Jeffers

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Jeffers residents hold

140 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+40%

Jobs based in Jeffers, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 60. 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.