Work & commute · Luverne

Work & commute in Luverne, MN

Most working residents leave Luverne for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Luverne (35%), Sioux Falls (16%) and Worthington (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 192 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 184 Luverne residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 327 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Luverne.

184live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

327work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Luverne goes to work

Luverne2.5 mi away

35%67

Sioux Falls, SD25.1 mi away

16%31

Luverne (in town)right here

4%8

Worthington32.2 mi away

4%7

Beaver Creek6 mi away

3%5

Edgerton18.3 mi away

2%4

Brewster39.3 mi away

2%3

Pipestone25.9 mi away

2%3

Orange City, IA44 mi away

1%2

Sheldon, IA36.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%60

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

How far

How far Luverne commutes

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

45%

13%

23%

19%

45%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Luverne is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Luverne are

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

Jobs based in Luverne

335 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Luverne residents hold

192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+23%

Jobs based in Luverne, 2013 → 2023: 272 → 335. 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.