Work & commute · Le Sueur

Work & commute in Le Sueur, MN

About one in 4 of Le Sueur’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are St. Peter (7%), Mankato (5%) and Shakopee (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

580 of 2,172 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 1,592 Le Sueur residents head out of town to work, 580 work right here, and 2,166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Le Sueur.

1,592live here, work elsewhere

580live and work here

2,166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Le Sueur goes to work

Le Sueur (in town)right here

27%580

St. Peter10.3 mi away

7%150

Mankato21 mi away

5%115

Shakopee29.5 mi away

5%100

Belle Plaine12.3 mi away

3%64

Minneapolis46.1 mi away

3%61

Le Center10.2 mi away

3%56

Jordan18.6 mi away

2%44

North Mankato21 mi away

2%44

Eden Prairie34.1 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%918

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

How far

How far Le Sueur commutes

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

36%

24%

27%

13%

36%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Le Sueur is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Le Sueur are

2,746 jobs are based in Le Sueur. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Le Sueur’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Le Sueur

2,746 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Le Sueur residents hold

2,172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−3%

Jobs based in Le Sueur, 2013 → 2023: 2,840 → 2,746. 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.