Work & commute · St. James

Work & commute in St. James, MN

Most working residents leave St. James for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. James (19%), Madelia (6%) and Windom (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 93 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 91 St. James residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. James.

91live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. James goes to work

St. James3.8 mi away

19%18

Madelia14.9 mi away

6%6

Windom21.9 mi away

6%6

Mankato38.5 mi away

6%6

Butterfield4.7 mi away

4%4

Lewisville13.8 mi away

3%3

Mountain Lake11.4 mi away

3%3

New Ulm26 mi away

3%3

Fairmont25.7 mi away

3%3

Trimont14.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%39

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

How far

How far St. James commutes

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

28%

32%

20%

21%

28%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. James is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. James are

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

Jobs based in St. James

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities80%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs St. James residents hold

93 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+578%

Jobs based in St. James, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 61. 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.