Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Le Sueur, MN
About one in four stay in Le Sueur for work; outside it, St. Peter is the main destination (7%, 10 miles). The two grades for Le Sueur are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Home is the office for 9% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Le Sueur and work: the main findings
Le Sueur makes and builds things
72% of the jobs based in Le Sueur are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Le Sueur residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Le Sueur pay over $40,000 a year
79% of the jobs based in Le Sueur pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Le Sueur
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Le Sueur is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #207 of 273 in Minnesota. Household income holds Le Sueur’s grade up ($78,711, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Le Sueur could be anywhere from C− to A−.
72% of the jobs in Le Sueur make or build things
2,746 jobs are based in Le Sueur.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Le Sueur, 2013 → 2023: 2,840 → 2,746. 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 Le Sueur’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Le Sueur fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,592 residents head out to work, 580 work right here, and 2,166 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Le Sueur on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Le Sueur goes to work
Where Le Sueur clocks in
5% 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.
How long Le Sueur spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Le Sueur workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,898 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where in the region Le Sueur works
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.
The commute in Le Sueur is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Le Sueur is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #152 of 273 in Minnesota. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,086 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.6% of Le Sueur households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Le Sueur’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,700, Le Sueur ranks 2,277th of 4,195 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 17 | Elko New Market MN | 5,300 | $152K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,275 | Manchester VT | 4,413 | $95K | 16.8% | 2.4% | 37% | B− |
| 2,276 | Mulberry FL | 4,573 | $58K | 19.8% | 1.4% | 2% | B− |
| 2,277 | Le Sueur MN | 4,210 | $79K | 12.7% | 4.0% | 27% | B− |
| 2,278 | Kochville Township MI | 5,166 | $42K | 38.6% | 4.1% | 9% | B− |
| 2,279 | Lower Chichester Township PA | 3,394 | $83K | 15.9% | 7.1% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,195 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Le Sueur, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door to Le Sueur
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Le Sueur workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Sueur | – | B− | B | 24 min | $78,711 |
| Tyrone Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Ottawa Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Henderson Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tyrone Township, Ottawa Township and Henderson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Le Sueur’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 Le Sueur: questions
What is the median household income in Le Sueur?
$78,711 (±$15,684) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Le Sueur?
12.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Le Sueur?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Le Sueur work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Peter (7%, 10 mi), Mankato (5%, 21 mi), Shakopee (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Le Sueur walkable?
Le Sueur is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Le Sueur without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Le Sueur, from the people who make the trip.
More of Le Sueur
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.