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Jobs & commute in Ceresco Township

Most of Ceresco Township commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident

Working residents average 31 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. There are 1 jobs in Ceresco Township for 79 working residents. Hardly any work in Ceresco Township itself; outside it, Mankato draws the most (23%, 21 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Ceresco Township

On a workday 79 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

79live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night180
Workday100
180live here− 79head out to work+ 1come in to work= 100on a workday

About 100 people are in Ceresco Township on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.01jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Ceresco Township’s working residents head each day

Amboy: 3 residents work here (4%)Good Thunder: 2 residents work here (3%)Truman: 2 residents work here (3%)Mapleton: 3 residents work here (4%)Madelia: 3 residents work here (4%)Lake Crystal: 6 residents work here (8%)North Mankato: 10 residents work here (13%)Mankato: 18 residents work here (23%)Rochester: 3 residents work here (4%)Fieldon TownshipLincoln TownshipCeresco TownshipVernon Center TownshipPleasant Mound TownshipShelby Township: 3 residents work here (4%)MankatoNorth MankatoLake CrystalAmboyMapletonMadeliaCeresco Township
1
Mankato21.1 mi away
23%18
2
North Mankato19.3 mi away
13%10
3
Lake Crystal9.8 mi away
8%6
4
Amboy9.5 mi away
4%3
5
Mapleton17.7 mi away
4%3
6
Madelia7.5 mi away
4%3
7
Rochester90.8 mi away
4%3
8
Shelby Township8.8 mi away
4%3
9
Good Thunder11.8 mi away
3%2
10
Truman12.2 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%26
The top trips

Where Ceresco Township clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

100% of the jobs in Ceresco Township pay over $3,333 a month

Jobs based in Ceresco TownshipJobs Ceresco Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%33%
Trade, transport & utilities100%23%
Services: health, schools, offices0%44%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%22%
Over $3,333 a month100%66%

Who does it

29 or younger0%28%
30 to 54100%48%
55 and older0%24%
+0%

Jobs based in Ceresco Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 1. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ceresco Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

How long Ceresco Township spends getting to work: about 31 minutes

A year of commuting
238 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Ceresco Township31 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
19%

of Ceresco Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Ceresco Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 44 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

Where in the region Ceresco Township works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMankato: 23% · 21.1 miNorth Mankato: 13% · 19.3 miLake Crystal: 8% · 9.8 miAmboy: 4% · 9.5 miMapleton: 4% · 17.7 miMadelia: 4% · 7.5 miRochester: 4% · 90.8 miShelby Township: 4% · 8.8 miGood Thunder: 3% · 11.8 miTruman: 3% · 12.2 miMankato 23%North Mankato 13%Lake Crystal 8%Amboy 4%Mapleton 4%Ceresco Township
Ceresco TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
14%Under 10 mi11 residents
66%10–24 mi52 residents
4%25–50 mi3 residents
16%Over 50 mi13 residents

About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Around Ceresco Township: the bordering towns

Fieldon Township: few work hereVernon Center Township: few work hereLincoln Township: few work herePleasant Mound Township: few work hereFieldon TownshipVernon Center TownshipLincoln TownshipPleasant Mound TownshipCeresco Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Vernon Center Township23 min
Lincoln Township31 min
Ceresco Township31 min
Pleasant Mound Township34 min
Fieldon Township34 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownCeresco Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Ceresco Township–——31 min$57,321
Fieldon Townshipunder 3%——34 min—
Vernon Center Townshipunder 3%——23 min—
Lincoln Townshipunder 3%——31 min—
Pleasant Mound Townshipunder 3%——34 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Fieldon Township, Vernon Center Township, Lincoln Township and Pleasant Mound Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Ceresco Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Ceresco Township: questions

What is the median household income in Ceresco Township?

$57,321 (±$23,694) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Ceresco Township?

8.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Ceresco Township?

31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Ceresco Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mankato (23%, 21 mi), North Mankato (13%, 19 mi), Lake Crystal (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Ceresco Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Ceresco Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Ceresco Township

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.