Work & commute · Riceland

Work & commute in Riceland, MN

Most working residents leave Riceland for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Albert Lea (17%), Austin (14%) and Owatonna (10%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 206 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

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 205 Riceland residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riceland.

205live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riceland goes to work

Albert Lea7.7 mi away

17%34

Austin13 mi away

14%28

Owatonna26.2 mi away

10%21

Rochester42.9 mi away

7%15

Blooming Prairie13.9 mi away

5%10

Geneva7.6 mi away

3%7

Hollandale3.5 mi away

3%7

Ellendale11.5 mi away

2%4

Faribault40.6 mi away

2%4

Newry8.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%72

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

How far

How far Riceland commutes

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

28%

34%

20%

18%

28%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riceland is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riceland are

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

Jobs based in Riceland

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Riceland residents hold

206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−51%

Jobs based in Riceland, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 24. 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.