Work & commute · Judson

Work & commute in Judson, MN

Most working residents leave Judson for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (33%), North Mankato (14%) and South Bend (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 235 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 232 Judson residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 448 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Judson.

232live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

448work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Judson goes to work

Mankato10.8 mi away

33%77

North Mankato7.7 mi away

14%34

South Bend4.8 mi away

6%13

Lake Crystal3.5 mi away

4%10

New Ulm17.6 mi away

3%8

Minneapolis72.2 mi away

3%8

St. Peter16.5 mi away

3%7

Rochester85.5 mi away

2%4

St. Paul76.8 mi away

2%4

Madelia13.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%67

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

How far

How far Judson commutes

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

42%

29%

21%

42%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Judson is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Judson are

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

Jobs based in Judson

451 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Judson residents hold

235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+234%

Jobs based in Judson, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 451. 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.