Work & commute · Tyler

Work & commute in Tyler, MN

Most working residents leave Tyler for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (20%), Pipestone (9%) and Brookings (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

96 of 545 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 449 Tyler residents head out of town to work, 96 work right here, and 409 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tyler.

449live here, work elsewhere

96live and work here

409work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tyler goes to work

Marshall20.8 mi away

20%107

Tyler (in town)right here

18%96

Pipestone21.3 mi away

9%50

Brookings, SD32.3 mi away

7%38

Lake Benton8.1 mi away

6%34

Ruthton7.1 mi away

2%12

Hope3.1 mi away

2%10

Minneapolis148.8 mi away

1%8

Russell9.9 mi away

1%7

Mankato107.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%176

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

How far

How far Tyler commutes

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

31%

38%

11%

20%

31%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tyler is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tyler are

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

Jobs based in Tyler

505 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Tyler residents hold

545 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−29%

Jobs based in Tyler, 2013 → 2023: 712 → 505. 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.