Work & commute · St. Peter

Work & commute in St. Peter, MN

About one in 3 of St. Peter’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mankato (19%), North Mankato (6%) and Le Sueur (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

1,533 of 4,694 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,161 St. Peter residents head out of town to work, 1,533 work right here, and 4,563 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Peter.

3,161live here, work elsewhere

1,533live and work here

4,563work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Peter goes to work

St. Peter (in town)right here

33%1,533

Mankato10.9 mi away

19%894

North Mankato10.8 mi away

6%269

Le Sueur10.3 mi away

4%184

Rochester76.9 mi away

2%95

Minneapolis55.7 mi away

2%77

Nicollet11.5 mi away

2%74

St. Paul60.3 mi away

1%69

New Ulm24.8 mi away

1%64

Le Center12.3 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,387

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

How far

How far St. Peter commutes

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

41%

34%

17%

41%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Peter is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Peter are

6,096 jobs are based in St. Peter. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Peter’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Peter

6,096 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs St. Peter residents hold

4,694 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+13%

Jobs based in St. Peter, 2013 → 2023: 5,397 → 6,096. 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.