Work & commute · Olney

Work & commute in Olney, MN

Most working residents leave Olney for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Worthington (18%), Adrian (17%) and Lismore (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 77 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 75 Olney residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olney.

75live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olney goes to work

Worthington13.5 mi away

18%14

Adrian3.2 mi away

17%13

Lismore9.2 mi away

5%4

Wilmont9.6 mi away

5%4

Brewster20.8 mi away

5%4

Slayton25.6 mi away

4%3

Luverne17.3 mi away

3%2

Pipestone33.6 mi away

3%2

Marshall56.8 mi away

3%2

Sioux Falls, SD43.6 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%27

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

How far

How far Olney commutes

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

28%

38%

25%

28%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olney is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Olney are

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

Jobs based in Olney

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Olney residents hold

77 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+45%

Jobs based in Olney, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 32. 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.