Work & commute · Le Center

Work & commute in Le Center, MN

Most working residents leave Le Center for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (11%), Le Sueur (7%) and St. Peter (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

201 of 1,147 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 946 Le Center residents head out of town to work, 201 work right here, and 929 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Le Center.

946live here, work elsewhere

201live and work here

929work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Le Center goes to work

Le Center (in town)right here

18%201

Mankato19.2 mi away

11%122

Le Sueur10.2 mi away

7%82

St. Peter12.3 mi away

7%80

St. Anthony51.2 mi away

6%67

Montgomery8.5 mi away

3%34

North Mankato20.8 mi away

3%29

Lexington2.6 mi away

2%28

Faribault23.1 mi away

2%21

New Prague13.4 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%463

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

How far

How far Le Center commutes

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

29%

36%

20%

15%

29%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Le Center is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Le Center are

1,130 jobs are based in Le Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Le Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Le Center

1,130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Le Center residents hold

1,147 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+11%

Jobs based in Le Center, 2013 → 2023: 1,019 → 1,130. 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.