Work & commute · Leota

Work & commute in Leota, MN

Most working residents leave Leota for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Worthington (21%), Adrian (14%) and Luverne (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 165 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 160 Leota residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leota.

160live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leota goes to work

Worthington23.1 mi away

21%35

Adrian12 mi away

14%23

Luverne14.9 mi away

9%15

Sioux Falls, SD41 mi away

5%8

Lismore4.3 mi away

4%7

Edgerton8.5 mi away

4%6

Brewster27.5 mi away

4%6

Marshall45.9 mi away

3%5

Leota (in town)right here

3%5

Wells113 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%51

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

How far

How far Leota commutes

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

13%

46%

22%

19%

13%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leota is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leota are

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

Jobs based in Leota

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities71%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Leota residents hold

165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−21%

Jobs based in Leota, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 100. 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.