Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Kasota has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
6% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. 102 jobs are based in Kasota for 384 working residents. Only 1% work in Kasota; the top destination outside it is Mankato (25%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Kasota: the gist
Kasota and Mankato trade workers both ways
Mankato is the top workplace for Kasota residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Kasota come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Kasota is a place people come home to
There are 102 jobs based in Kasota, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kasota has about 450 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Kasota averages 24 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (15 to 21 minutes). Next door ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 384 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Kasota work
Where Kasota clocks in
25% of workers
5% 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.
Kasota by day and by night
On a workday 380 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Kasota on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 59% of the jobs in Kasota
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kasota, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 102. 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 Kasota’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Kasota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kasota workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 248 commuters (the 6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Kasota
About 27% 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.
Kasota and its neighbors: 17% work next door
The biggest share goes to St. Peter (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kasota workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasota | – | — | — | 24 min | $66,625 |
| Kasota Township | 4% | A | C | 21 min | $119,500 |
| St. Peter | 13% | B− | A− | 15 min | $65,122 |
| Oshawa Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oshawa Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kasota’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 Kasota: questions
What is the median household income in Kasota?
$66,625 (±$13,688) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kasota?
21.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kasota?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kasota work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mankato (25%, 8 mi), St. Peter (13%, 3 mi), Minneapolis (5%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kasota without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kasota, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kasota
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.