Work & commute · Kiester

Work & commute in Kiester, MN

Most working residents leave Kiester for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Blue Earth (25%), Brush Creek (4%) and Mankato (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 128 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 123 Kiester residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kiester.

123live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kiester goes to work

Blue Earth20.8 mi away

25%32

Kiester (in town)right here

4%5

Brush Creek8 mi away

4%5

Mankato45.8 mi away

3%4

Blue Earth City19.2 mi away

3%4

Bricelyn5.4 mi away

2%3

Thief River Falls337.6 mi away

2%3

North Mankato47.6 mi away

2%3

Fairmont38.4 mi away

2%3

Minneapolis101 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%63

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.

11%

40%

14%

34%

11%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kiester is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kiester are

57 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

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Kiester residents hold

128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

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Jobs based in Kiester, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 57. 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.