Work & commute · Kiester

Work & commute in Kiester, MN

Most working residents leave Kiester for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Blue Earth (25%), Mankato (10%) and Frost (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 40 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 40 Kiester residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kiester.

40live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kiester goes to work

Blue Earth20.1 mi away

25%10

Mankato44.9 mi away

10%4

Frost10.6 mi away

5%2

New Ulm64.7 mi away

5%2

Storm Lake, IA97.3 mi away

3%1

Bricelyn4.8 mi away

3%1

Kiester0.9 mi away

3%1

Wells13.5 mi away

3%1

Pipestone133 mi away

3%1

North Mankato46.7 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%16

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

How far

How far Kiester commutes

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

13%

40%

15%

33%

13%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kiester is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kiester are

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

Jobs based in Kiester

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Kiester residents hold

40 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month58%

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.