Vernon Center has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 11% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. There are 46 jobs in Vernon Center; 143 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Vernon Center itself; outside it, Mankato draws the most (24%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Vernon Center for work, and who comes in
On a workday 138 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Vernon Center on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Vernon Center to work: where people go
Where Vernon Center clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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.
72% of the jobs in Vernon Center pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vernon Center, 2014 → 2024: 21 → 46. 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 Vernon Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way for Vernon Center’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vernon Center workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 160 commuters (the 11% 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.
Vernon Center’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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.
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 Vernon Center: questions
What is the median household income in Vernon Center?
$70,000 (±$18,348) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vernon Center?
4.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vernon Center?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vernon Center work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mankato (24%, 17 mi), North Mankato (12%, 16 mi), Mapleton (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Vernon Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vernon Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vernon Center
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.