Work & commute · St. James

Work & commute in St. James, MN

40% of St. James’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Madelia (6%), Mankato (5%) and New Ulm (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

799 of 1,988 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,189 St. James residents head out of town to work, 799 work right here, and 1,067 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. James.

1,189live here, work elsewhere

799live and work here

1,067work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. James goes to work

St. James (in town)right here

40%799

Madelia11.2 mi away

6%111

Mankato34.8 mi away

5%106

New Ulm24 mi away

4%72

Butterfield8.5 mi away

2%46

Fairmont24.7 mi away

2%44

North Mankato32.1 mi away

2%32

Windom25.7 mi away

1%29

Rosendale3.6 mi away

1%29

South Bend28.5 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%696

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.

47%

19%

16%

18%

47%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. James is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. James are

1,866 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

1,866 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs St. James residents hold

1,988 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−21%

Jobs based in St. James, 2013 → 2023: 2,349 → 1,866. 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.