Work & commute · Vernon Center

Work & commute in Vernon Center, MN

Most working residents leave Vernon Center for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (22%), North Mankato (9%) and Good Thunder (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 151 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 149 Vernon Center residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vernon Center.

149live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vernon Center goes to work

Mankato17.3 mi away

22%33

North Mankato16.5 mi away

9%13

Good Thunder5.7 mi away

5%7

Mapleton10.8 mi away

5%7

Lake Crystal10.2 mi away

4%6

Fairmont26.5 mi away

4%6

Madelia13.9 mi away

3%5

South Bend12.8 mi away

3%5

Amboy5.2 mi away

3%4

Blue Earth22.5 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%61

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

How far

How far Vernon Center commutes

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

13%

56%

13%

18%

13%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vernon Center is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vernon Center are

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

Jobs based in Vernon Center

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Vernon Center residents hold

151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+21%

Jobs based in Vernon Center, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 40. 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.