Work & commute · Tracy

Work & commute in Tracy, MN

About one in 4 of Tracy’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Marshall (28%), Canby (2%) and Redwood Falls (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

239 of 910 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 671 Tracy residents head out of town to work, 239 work right here, and 354 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tracy.

671live here, work elsewhere

239live and work here

354work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tracy goes to work

Marshall16.6 mi away

28%255

Tracy (in town)right here

26%239

Canby45.9 mi away

2%22

Redwood Falls33.2 mi away

2%18

Mankato81.6 mi away

2%18

Minneapolis126 mi away

2%17

Willmar66.8 mi away

1%13

Wabasso21.3 mi away

1%11

Prinsburg52.5 mi away

1%8

Walnut Grove7.6 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%301

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

How far

How far Tracy commutes

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

28%

38%

11%

23%

28%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tracy is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tracy are

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

Jobs based in Tracy

593 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Tracy residents hold

910 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−15%

Jobs based in Tracy, 2013 → 2023: 694 → 593. 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.