Work & commute · Jo Daviess

Work & commute in Jo Daviess, MN

Most working residents leave Jo Daviess for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Blue Earth (37%), Fairmont (5%) and Mankato (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 91 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 90 Jo Daviess residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jo Daviess.

90live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jo Daviess goes to work

Blue Earth4.2 mi away

37%34

Fairmont14.2 mi away

5%5

Mankato38.9 mi away

4%4

Sioux Falls, SD127.8 mi away

3%3

Winnebago9.5 mi away

2%2

Albert Lea40.9 mi away

2%2

Rutland13.7 mi away

2%2

Albert City, IA70.1 mi away

1%1

Thompson, IA27.1 mi away

1%1

Milroy87.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%36

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

How far

How far Jo Daviess commutes

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

43%

15%

13%

30%

43%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jo Daviess is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jo Daviess are

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

Jobs based in Jo Daviess

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Jo Daviess residents hold

91 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−68%

Jobs based in Jo Daviess, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 21. 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.