Most of Emmons commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
7% of workers work from home (Minnesota 18%). Emmons has 82 jobs, against 143 working residents. Hardly any stay in Emmons for work; outside it, Albert Lea is the main destination (37%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Emmons
On a workday 143 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Emmons on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
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 towns that employ Emmons’ residents
Where Emmons clocks in
7% of workersLines 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.
93% of the jobs in Emmons pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Emmons, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 82. 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 Emmons’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way for Emmons’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Emmons workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 150 commuters (the 7% 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.
The commute from Emmons, by distance
About 34% 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.
Emmons and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Emmons workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmons | – | — | — | 20 min | $57,969 |
| Nunda Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Nunda Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Emmons’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Emmons: questions
What is the median household income in Emmons?
$57,969 (±$15,278) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Emmons?
20.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Emmons?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Emmons work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albert Lea (37%, 12 mi), Alden (7%, 12 mi), Rochester (7%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Emmons without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Emmons, from the people who make the trip.
More of Emmons
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.