Work & commute · Truman

Work & commute in Truman, MN

Most working residents leave Truman for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Fairmont (19%), Trimont (6%) and Jackson (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

59 of 512 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 453 Truman residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Truman.

453live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

383work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Truman goes to work

Fairmont12.7 mi away

19%99

Truman (in town)right here

12%59

Trimont14.7 mi away

6%32

Jackson30.9 mi away

4%22

Mankato33 mi away

3%17

Madelia15.2 mi away

3%15

Sherburn18.8 mi away

3%13

Welcome14 mi away

2%11

St. James14.3 mi away

2%10

Rutland7.5 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%225

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

How far

How far Truman commutes

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

17%

46%

17%

20%

17%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Truman is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Truman are

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

Jobs based in Truman

442 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Truman residents hold

512 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+4%

Jobs based in Truman, 2013 → 2023: 426 → 442. 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.