Work & commute · Lucan

Work & commute in Lucan, MN

Most working residents leave Lucan for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (18%), Redwood Falls (11%) and Walnut Grove (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 82 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 80 Lucan residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lucan.

80live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lucan goes to work

Marshall18.8 mi away

18%15

Redwood Falls18 mi away

11%9

Walnut Grove13.1 mi away

7%6

Wabasso7.8 mi away

5%4

Canby47.2 mi away

5%4

Tracy15.6 mi away

4%3

Milroy7 mi away

2%2

Lucan (in town)right here

2%2

Belview14.2 mi away

2%2

Russell27 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%33

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

How far

How far Lucan commutes

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

12%

54%

11%

23%

12%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lucan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lucan are

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

Jobs based in Lucan

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)86%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Lucan residents hold

82 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+300%

Jobs based in Lucan, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 84. 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.