Work & commute · Madison Lake

Work & commute in Madison Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Madison Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (44%), St. Peter (7%) and North Mankato (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 533 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 525 Madison Lake residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison Lake.

525live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madison Lake goes to work

Mankato8.7 mi away

44%233

St. Peter11.2 mi away

7%35

North Mankato11.6 mi away

7%35

Eagle Lake4.9 mi away

3%14

Rochester67.5 mi away

2%9

Madison Lake (in town)right here

2%8

Waseca17.7 mi away

1%7

St. Clair9.3 mi away

1%6

New Ulm33.3 mi away

1%6

Faribault27 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%174

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

How far

How far Madison Lake commutes

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

45%

29%

11%

16%

45%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madison Lake is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison Lake are

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

Jobs based in Madison Lake

242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Madison Lake residents hold

533 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+2%

Jobs based in Madison Lake, 2013 → 2023: 238 → 242. 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.