Work & commute · Slayton

Work & commute in Slayton, MN

About one in 3 of Slayton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Worthington (6%), Marshall (6%) and Fulda (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

301 of 950 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 649 Slayton residents head out of town to work, 301 work right here, and 764 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Slayton.

649live here, work elsewhere

301live and work here

764work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Slayton goes to work

Slayton (in town)right here

32%301

Worthington26.2 mi away

6%55

Marshall31.7 mi away

6%53

Fulda11.4 mi away

4%38

Sioux Falls, SD57.7 mi away

3%24

Chandler10.4 mi away

2%23

Brewster25 mi away

2%23

Pipestone27.5 mi away

2%21

Windom32.8 mi away

2%17

Currie7.2 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%379

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

How far

How far Slayton commutes

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

39%

15%

22%

24%

39%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Slayton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Slayton are

1,065 jobs are based in Slayton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Slayton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Slayton

1,065 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Slayton residents hold

950 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−16%

Jobs based in Slayton, 2013 → 2023: 1,265 → 1,065. 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.