Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Nerstrand
Home is the office for 4% of workers (Minnesota 18%). Hardly any work in Nerstrand itself; outside it, Faribault draws the most (28%, 11 miles). Working residents average 27 minutes each way; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Nerstrand, and who commutes in
On a workday 132 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 129 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 (0.98 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.
The places Nerstrand commutes to
Where Nerstrand clocks in
28% of workers
8% 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.
Nerstrand makes things: 53% of its jobs are in goods
129 jobs are based in Nerstrand.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nerstrand, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 129. 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 Nerstrand’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Nerstrand spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nerstrand workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 128 commuters (the 4% 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 Nerstrand 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.
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 Nerstrand: questions
What is the median household income in Nerstrand?
$85,833 (±$27,737) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nerstrand?
9.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nerstrand?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nerstrand work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Faribault (28%, 11 mi), Northfield (14%, 9 mi), Owatonna (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nerstrand without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nerstrand, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nerstrand
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.