Work & commute · La Salle

Work & commute in La Salle, MN

Most working residents leave La Salle for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Madelia (44%), New Ulm (9%) and St. James (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 34 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 34 La Salle residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Salle.

34live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Salle goes to work

Madelia7.7 mi away

44%15

New Ulm17.4 mi away

9%3

St. James6.6 mi away

6%2

Mankato30.4 mi away

6%2

Sioux City, IA142.2 mi away

3%1

New London86.7 mi away

3%1

Wayzata81.1 mi away

3%1

New Hope88.6 mi away

3%1

North Mankato27.4 mi away

3%1

Maplewood100.2 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%6

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

How far

How far La Salle commutes

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

50%

12%

26%

50%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Salle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Salle are

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

Jobs based in La Salle

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs La Salle residents hold

34 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+112%

Jobs based in La Salle, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 36. 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.