Work & commute · Springfield

Work & commute in Springfield, MN

About one in 3 of Springfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New Ulm (10%), Sleepy Eye (4%) and Redwood Falls (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

293 of 897 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 604 Springfield residents head out of town to work, 293 work right here, and 627 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Springfield.

604live here, work elsewhere

293live and work here

627work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Springfield goes to work

Springfield (in town)right here

33%293

New Ulm25.9 mi away

10%88

Sleepy Eye13.5 mi away

4%40

Redwood Falls22.2 mi away

4%38

Comfrey9.6 mi away

3%24

Morgan12.7 mi away

2%15

Mankato50 mi away

2%15

Lamberton14.2 mi away

2%14

Leavenworth9.2 mi away

2%14

Windom26 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%343

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

How far

How far Springfield commutes

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

40%

23%

16%

22%

40%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Springfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Springfield are

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

Jobs based in Springfield

920 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Springfield residents hold

897 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−25%

Jobs based in Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,225 → 920. 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.