Work & commute · Nessel

Work & commute in Nessel, MN

Most working residents leave Nessel for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cambridge (11%), Rush City (7%) and Minneapolis (6%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 927 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 919 Nessel residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nessel.

919live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nessel goes to work

Cambridge11.6 mi away

11%104

Rush City4.7 mi away

7%63

Minneapolis50.7 mi away

6%56

North Branch13 mi away

6%54

St. Paul50.7 mi away

5%43

Blaine36 mi away

3%32

Edina56.5 mi away

3%28

Forest Lake30.1 mi away

2%18

Brooklyn Park41.8 mi away

2%17

Coon Rapids37 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%496

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

How far

How far Nessel commutes

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

16%

22%

35%

26%

16%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nessel is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nessel are

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

Jobs based in Nessel

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Nessel residents hold

927 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−42%

Jobs based in Nessel, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 82. 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.