Work & commute · Madelia

Work & commute in Madelia, MN

About one in 3 of Madelia’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mankato (11%), St. James (10%) and New Ulm (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

340 of 1,058 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 718 Madelia residents head out of town to work, 340 work right here, and 880 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madelia.

718live here, work elsewhere

340live and work here

880work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madelia goes to work

Madelia (in town)right here

32%340

Mankato23.6 mi away

11%118

St. James11.2 mi away

10%106

New Ulm18.4 mi away

6%67

North Mankato21 mi away

2%26

Madelia1.5 mi away

2%22

St. Peter29.7 mi away

2%16

South Bend17.3 mi away

2%16

Lake Crystal10.7 mi away

1%13

Marshall73.2 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%321

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.

36%

39%

16%

36%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madelia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Madelia are

1,220 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

1,220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Madelia residents hold

1,058 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+34%

Jobs based in Madelia, 2013 → 2023: 912 → 1,220. 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.