Work & commute · Middletown

Work & commute in Middletown, MN

Most working residents leave Middletown for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (25%), Windom (15%) and Mountain Lake (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 97 Middletown residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middletown.

97live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middletown goes to work

Jackson5.9 mi away

25%24

Windom23.2 mi away

15%15

Mountain Lake28 mi away

4%4

Sioux Falls, SD85.5 mi away

4%4

North Mankato66 mi away

3%3

Albert Lea83.5 mi away

3%3

Mankato67.9 mi away

3%3

Mountain Lake24.1 mi away

3%3

Spirit Lake, IA9.8 mi away

2%2

Sheldon, IA48.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%34

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

How far

How far Middletown commutes

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

29%

21%

19%

31%

29%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middletown is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middletown are

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

Jobs based in Middletown

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Middletown residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−58%

Jobs based in Middletown, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 16. 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.