Work & commute · Mabel

Work & commute in Mabel, MN

Most working residents leave Mabel for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (16%), Rushford (12%) and Lanesboro (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 325 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 302 Mabel residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mabel.

302live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mabel goes to work

Rochester49.2 mi away

16%52

Rushford20.3 mi away

12%38

Lanesboro16.9 mi away

10%34

Mabel (in town)right here

7%23

Preston19 mi away

5%16

Decorah, IA15.1 mi away

3%11

Harmony12.2 mi away

3%11

Rushford Village19.7 mi away

3%10

Winona37.1 mi away

3%9

La Crosse, WI34.4 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%113

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

How far

How far Mabel commutes

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

11%

47%

25%

18%

11%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mabel is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mabel are

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

Jobs based in Mabel

197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Mabel residents hold

325 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+1%

Jobs based in Mabel, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 197. 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.