Work & commute · Pemberton

Work & commute in Pemberton, MN

Most working residents leave Pemberton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (34%), North Mankato (15%) and Mapleton (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 103 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 102 Pemberton residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pemberton.

102live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pemberton goes to work

Mankato14.7 mi away

34%35

North Mankato17.5 mi away

15%15

Mapleton10.2 mi away

8%8

Owatonna27.9 mi away

3%3

Rochester64.9 mi away

3%3

Mankato11.1 mi away

3%3

Good Thunder14.2 mi away

2%2

Bloomington61.3 mi away

2%2

St. Paul73.1 mi away

2%2

Garden City20.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%28

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

How far

How far Pemberton commutes

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

71%

14%

7%Under 10 mi

71%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pemberton is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pemberton are

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

Jobs based in Pemberton

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Pemberton residents hold

103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+88%

Jobs based in Pemberton, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 62. 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.