Work & commute · Nicollet

Work & commute in Nicollet, MN

Most working residents leave Nicollet for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (28%), St. Peter (17%) and North Mankato (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 243 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 242 Nicollet residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nicollet.

242live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nicollet goes to work

Mankato11.4 mi away

28%69

St. Peter12.3 mi away

17%42

North Mankato8.2 mi away

9%22

New Ulm14.9 mi away

3%8

Nicollet2.3 mi away

2%6

Le Sueur21.1 mi away

2%6

South Bend8.2 mi away

2%5

Belgrade6.7 mi away

2%5

Faribault45 mi away

2%4

Rochester86 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%72

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

How far

How far Nicollet commutes

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

23%

55%

16%

23%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nicollet is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nicollet are

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

Jobs based in Nicollet

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Nicollet residents hold

243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−26%

Jobs based in Nicollet, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 45. 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.