Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Gibbon has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 5% stay in Gibbon for work; outside it, Gaylord is the main destination (11%, 15 miles). There are 136 jobs in Gibbon; 387 of its residents have a job. For 8% of workers, the job is at home (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Gibbon: the figures worth knowing
The trip to work from Gibbon: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gibbon workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 8% 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.
Gibbon quiets down on a workday
On a workday 366 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Gibbon on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Out of Gibbon to work: where people go
Where Gibbon clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Gibbon: what the 136 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gibbon, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 136. 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 Gibbon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Gibbon
About 23% 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.
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 Gibbon: questions
What is the median household income in Gibbon?
$55,278 (±$10,810) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gibbon?
17.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gibbon?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gibbon work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gaylord (11%, 15 mi), Winthrop (10%, 8 mi), New Ulm (10%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gibbon 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 Gibbon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gibbon
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.