Work & commute · Linden

Work & commute in Linden, MN

Most working residents leave Linden for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New Ulm (40%), Madelia (5%) and Sleepy Eye (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 118 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 117 Linden residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Linden.

117live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Linden goes to work

New Ulm11.4 mi away

40%47

Madelia7 mi away

5%6

Sleepy Eye17.7 mi away

4%5

Home19 mi away

3%4

Sioux Falls, SD122 mi away

3%3

Leavenworth19.1 mi away

3%3

Cottonwood6.1 mi away

3%3

Hanska3 mi away

2%2

Redwood Falls43 mi away

2%2

Red Wing95.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%41

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

How far

How far Linden commutes

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

18%

50%

10%

22%

18%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Linden is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Linden are

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

Jobs based in Linden

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Linden residents hold

118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+35%

Jobs based in Linden, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 23. 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.