Work & commute · Kandota

Work & commute in Kandota, MN

Most working residents leave Kandota for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (13%), Sauk Centre (11%) and Long Prairie (10%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 296 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 295 Kandota residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kandota.

295live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kandota goes to work

Alexandria20.4 mi away

13%39

Sauk Centre5.8 mi away

11%33

Long Prairie11.7 mi away

10%30

St. Cloud43.2 mi away

7%22

Melrose12.2 mi away

3%10

Osakis9.7 mi away

3%9

Little Falls31.4 mi away

2%5

Waite Park40.4 mi away

2%5

Long Prairie12.2 mi away

1%4

Sauk Centre8.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%135

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

How far

How far Kandota commutes

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

20%

39%

20%

21%

20%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kandota is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kandota are

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

Jobs based in Kandota

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Kandota residents hold

296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+80%

Jobs based in Kandota, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 54. 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.