Work & commute · Mankato

Work & commute in Mankato, MN

47% of Mankato’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are North Mankato (11%), St. Peter (5%) and Rochester (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47%

8,292 of 17,541 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 9,249 Mankato residents head out of town to work, 8,292 work right here, and 19,922 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mankato.

9,249live here, work elsewhere

8,292live and work here

19,922work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mankato goes to work

Mankato (in town)right here

47%8,292

North Mankato3.3 mi away

11%1,845

St. Peter10.9 mi away

5%832

Rochester75.1 mi away

2%328

Minneapolis64.9 mi away

2%326

South Bend6.3 mi away

2%284

St. Paul68.8 mi away

1%256

Mankato3.6 mi away

1%166

Eden Prairie53.3 mi away

1%165

Owatonna37.2 mi away

1%164

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%4,883

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

How far

How far Mankato commutes

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

64%

21%

64%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mankato is a job hub

1.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mankato are

28,214 jobs are based in Mankato. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mankato’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mankato

28,214 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Mankato residents hold

17,541 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−4%

Jobs based in Mankato, 2013 → 2023: 29,418 → 28,214. 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.