Work & commute · Lime

Work & commute in Lime, MN

Most working residents leave Lime for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (47%), North Mankato (11%) and St. Peter (7%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 440 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 434 Lime residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 498 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lime.

434live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

498work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lime goes to work

Mankato3.4 mi away

47%205

North Mankato5 mi away

11%50

St. Peter7.7 mi away

7%32

Bloomington52.7 mi away

1%6

Rochester74.5 mi away

1%6

Lime (in town)right here

1%6

New Ulm26.3 mi away

1%5

Faribault33.8 mi away

1%5

Waseca24.2 mi away

1%4

Eden Prairie50 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%117

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

How far

How far Lime commutes

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

70%

18%

70%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lime is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lime are

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

Jobs based in Lime

504 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Lime residents hold

440 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−25%

Jobs based in Lime, 2013 → 2023: 673 → 504. 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.