Work & commute · Kalmar

Work & commute in Kalmar, MN

Most working residents leave Kalmar for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (67%), Byron (5%) and Pine Island (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 640 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 635 Kalmar residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kalmar.

635live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kalmar goes to work

Rochester7.8 mi away

67%427

Byron2.4 mi away

5%30

Pine Island9 mi away

4%24

Eden Prairie68.2 mi away

1%9

Minneapolis69.7 mi away

1%9

Dodge Center12 mi away

1%7

Zumbrota16 mi away

1%5

Minnetonka72.7 mi away

1%5

St. Paul65.5 mi away

1%5

Kalmar (in town)right here

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%114

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

How far

How far Kalmar commutes

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

68%

16%

13%

68%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kalmar is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kalmar are

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

Jobs based in Kalmar

206 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Kalmar residents hold

640 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+93%

Jobs based in Kalmar, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 206. 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.