Work & commute · Nicollet

Work & commute in Nicollet, MN

Most working residents leave Nicollet for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (25%), St. Peter (19%) and North Mankato (11%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 479 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 468 Nicollet residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 396 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nicollet.

468live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

396work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nicollet goes to work

Mankato12.7 mi away

25%118

St. Peter11.5 mi away

19%93

North Mankato9.7 mi away

11%52

New Ulm14.1 mi away

3%13

Nicollet (in town)right here

2%11

Le Sueur19.6 mi away

2%11

Rochester86.6 mi away

2%10

Owatonna48.9 mi away

2%9

Gaylord19.5 mi away

2%8

South Bend10.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%146

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.

15%

62%

17%

15%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nicollet is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nicollet are

407 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

407 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Nicollet residents hold

479 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+11%

Jobs based in Nicollet, 2013 → 2023: 366 → 407. 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.