Work & commute · North Mankato

Work & commute in North Mankato, MN

Most working residents leave North Mankato for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (41%), St. Peter (7%) and Rochester (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,279 of 6,862 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,583 North Mankato residents head out of town to work, 1,279 work right here, and 5,867 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Mankato.

5,583live here, work elsewhere

1,279live and work here

5,867work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Mankato goes to work

Mankato3.3 mi away

41%2,819

North Mankato (in town)right here

19%1,279

St. Peter10.8 mi away

7%473

Rochester78.4 mi away

2%107

Minneapolis66 mi away

1%99

South Bend3.9 mi away

1%90

New Ulm23 mi away

1%87

St. Paul70.2 mi away

1%71

Owatonna40.5 mi away

1%65

Mankato6.5 mi away

1%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,708

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

How far

How far North Mankato commutes

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

68%

17%

68%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Mankato is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Mankato are

7,146 jobs are based in North Mankato. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Mankato’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Mankato

7,146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs North Mankato residents hold

6,862 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+33%

Jobs based in North Mankato, 2013 → 2023: 5,370 → 7,146. 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.