Work & commute · Lyle

Work & commute in Lyle, MN

Most working residents leave Lyle for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (21%), Rochester (20%) and Le Roy (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 247 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 242 Lyle residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyle.

242live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lyle goes to work

Austin11.6 mi away

21%53

Rochester42 mi away

20%50

Le Roy21.7 mi away

6%16

Adams11.9 mi away

6%15

Lyle (in town)right here

2%5

Lakeville82.3 mi away

2%5

Osage, IA16.7 mi away

2%4

Spring Valley30.4 mi away

2%4

St. Ansgar, IA8.8 mi away

1%3

Grand Meadow23.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%89

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

How far

How far Lyle commutes

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

43%

29%

23%

5%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lyle is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyle are

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

Jobs based in Lyle

117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lyle residents hold

247 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+5%

Jobs based in Lyle, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 117. 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.