Work & commute · Petersburg

Work & commute in Petersburg, MN

Most working residents leave Petersburg for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (25%), Windom (14%) and Lakefield (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 108 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 108 Petersburg residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Petersburg.

108live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Petersburg goes to work

Jackson6.2 mi away

25%27

Windom24.5 mi away

14%15

Lakefield15.1 mi away

6%6

Des Moines9.1 mi away

4%4

Great Bend27.7 mi away

4%4

Sioux Falls, SD90.4 mi away

3%3

Spirit Lake, IA13 mi away

2%2

Estherville, IA11.2 mi away

2%2

Mankato64 mi away

2%2

Rochester126.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%41

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

How far

How far Petersburg commutes

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

30%

10%

30%

30%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Petersburg 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 Petersburg are

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

Jobs based in Petersburg

2 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 month100%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Petersburg residents hold

108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−98%

Jobs based in Petersburg, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 2. 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.