Work & commute · Leavenworth

Work & commute in Leavenworth, MN

Most working residents leave Leavenworth for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are New Ulm (43%), Sleepy Eye (7%) and Marshall (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 87 Leavenworth residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 438 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leavenworth.

87live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

438work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leavenworth goes to work

New Ulm16.9 mi away

43%37

Sleepy Eye5.3 mi away

7%6

Marshall51.1 mi away

5%4

Minneapolis90.1 mi away

3%3

St. James19.8 mi away

2%2

Redwood Falls25.9 mi away

2%2

Hutchinson48.9 mi away

2%2

Mankato40.9 mi away

2%2

St. Cloud93.8 mi away

2%2

Home9.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%25

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

How far

How far Leavenworth commutes

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

14%

55%

11%

20%

14%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leavenworth is a job hub

5.03jobs per working resident

A job hub

5.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Leavenworth are

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

Jobs based in Leavenworth

438 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)98%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Leavenworth residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+104%

Jobs based in Leavenworth, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 438. 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.