Work & commute · McPherson

Work & commute in McPherson, MN

Most working residents leave McPherson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (38%), North Mankato (11%) and St. Clair (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 173 McPherson residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 262 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McPherson.

173live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

262work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McPherson goes to work

Mankato10 mi away

38%66

North Mankato13 mi away

11%19

St. Clair1.8 mi away

4%7

Minneapolis67.5 mi away

3%6

St. Peter19.1 mi away

3%5

Eagle Lake6.9 mi away

2%4

St. Paul70.4 mi away

2%4

Burnsville55 mi away

2%3

Rochester67.2 mi away

2%3

Decoria5.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%56

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

How far

How far McPherson commutes

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

30%

43%

20%

30%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McPherson is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McPherson are

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

Jobs based in McPherson

265 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month2%

Over $3,333 a month94%

Jobs McPherson residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+19%

Jobs based in McPherson, 2013 → 2023: 222 → 265. 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.