Michael Scanlan House · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Lanesboro, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 7% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota. About one in seven stay in Lanesboro for work; outside it, Rochester is the main destination (13%, 33 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lanesboro
Lanesboro’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lanesboro is Rochester, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (41) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Lanesboro
62% of Lanesboro residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Lanesboro pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 88% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Lanesboro pay little
31% of the jobs based in Lanesboro pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 307 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of Lanesboro commutes less than 20 miles
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The 327 jobs based in Lanesboro
327 jobs are based in Lanesboro.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lanesboro, 2014 → 2024: 376 → 327. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lanesboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Lanesboro by day
On a workday 270 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Lanesboro commutes to
Where Lanesboro clocks in
13% 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.
Getting to work from Lanesboro takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lanesboro workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 336 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.
Next door to Lanesboro
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lanesboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanesboro | – | — | — | 21 min | $75,313 |
| Carrolton Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Holt Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Carrolton Township and Holt Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lanesboro’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 2024, 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 Lanesboro: questions
What is the median household income in Lanesboro?
$75,313 (±$15,050) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lanesboro?
11.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lanesboro?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lanesboro work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (13%, 33 mi), Mabel (7%, 17 mi), Rushford (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lanesboro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lanesboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lanesboro
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.