Work & commute · Sibley

Work & commute in Sibley, MN

Most working residents leave Sibley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Gaylord (29%), Glencoe (7%) and Arlington (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 105 Sibley residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sibley.

105live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sibley goes to work

Gaylord4.4 mi away

29%31

Glencoe19.1 mi away

7%7

Arlington9.5 mi away

6%6

Hutchinson28.6 mi away

4%4

New Ulm18.8 mi away

4%4

Winthrop9.2 mi away

3%3

St. Peter15.7 mi away

3%3

Transit9 mi away

3%3

Nicollet15.2 mi away

2%2

Franklin34.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%42

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

How far

How far Sibley commutes

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

41%

23%

13%

24%

41%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sibley is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sibley are

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

Jobs based in Sibley

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Sibley residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−22%

Jobs based in Sibley, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 38. 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.