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Work & commute in Penn, MN

Most working residents leave Penn for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hutchinson (24%), Glencoe (17%) and Stewart (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 156 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 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 156 Penn residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penn.

156live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Penn goes to work

BrowntonBuffalo LakeStewartLester PrairieWinthropGaylordGlencoeHutchinsonBloomingtonSt. PaulSumterRound GrovePennCollinsTransitNew AuburnGraftonHutchinsonGlencoeStewartLester PrairieBuffalo LakeWinthropGaylordBloomingtonSt. PaulBrowntonPenn
1
Hutchinson15.5 mi away
24%38
2
Glencoe10.5 mi away
17%27
3
Stewart9.6 mi away
4%7
4
Lester Prairie20.1 mi away
3%5
5
Buffalo Lake15.9 mi away
2%3
6
Winthrop8.9 mi away
2%3
7
Gaylord9 mi away
2%3
8
Bloomington50.1 mi away
2%3
9
St. Paul62.2 mi away
2%3
10
Brownton5 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%62

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

How far

How far Penn commutes

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

19%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Penn is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Penn are

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

Jobs based in Penn

3 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)100%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Penn residents hold

156 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month58%
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.

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