Work & commute · New Richland

Work & commute in New Richland, MN

Most working residents leave New Richland for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Owatonna (13%), Mankato (10%) and Waseca (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

68 of 491 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 423 New Richland residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 252 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Richland.

423live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

252work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Richland goes to work

New Richland (in town)right here

14%68

Owatonna18.9 mi away

13%66

Mankato30.6 mi away

10%51

Waseca13 mi away

9%42

Faribault30 mi away

5%23

Janesville18.9 mi away

2%11

North Mankato33.7 mi away

2%10

Blooming Prairie21.9 mi away

2%8

Wells15.8 mi away

2%8

Vivian10.9 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%196

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

How far

How far New Richland commutes

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

18%

37%

23%

22%

18%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Richland is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Richland are

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

Jobs based in New Richland

320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs New Richland residents hold

491 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−5%

Jobs based in New Richland, 2013 → 2023: 338 → 320. 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.