Work & commute · Madelia

Work & commute in Madelia, MN

Most working residents leave Madelia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madelia (26%), St. James (10%) and Mankato (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 164 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 163 Madelia residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madelia.

163live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madelia goes to work

Madelia1.5 mi away

26%43

St. James11.1 mi away

10%16

Mankato23.9 mi away

9%15

New Ulm17 mi away

5%9

Marshall72 mi away

3%5

Rochester97.2 mi away

3%5

Fairmont29.2 mi away

2%4

Darfur20.1 mi away

2%3

La Salle6.8 mi away

1%2

Mapleton25.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%60

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

How far

How far Madelia commutes

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

35%

30%

12%

23%

35%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madelia is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Madelia are

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

Jobs based in Madelia

110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Madelia residents hold

164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+224%

Jobs based in Madelia, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 110. 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.