Work & commute · Acton

Work & commute in Acton, MN

Most working residents leave Acton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Willmar (19%), Litchfield (10%) and Hutchinson (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 180 Acton residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Acton.

180live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Acton goes to work

Willmar17.2 mi away

19%35

Litchfield8.8 mi away

10%18

Hutchinson22.6 mi away

9%17

Acton (in town)right here

4%7

Paynesville18.2 mi away

3%5

Grove City2.6 mi away

2%4

New London17.2 mi away

2%4

St. Cloud38.5 mi away

2%4

St. Paul79 mi away

2%4

Cosmos12.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%86

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Acton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

18%

45%

12%

25%

18%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Acton is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Acton are

69 jobs are based in Acton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Acton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Acton

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Acton residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−15%

Jobs based in Acton, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 69. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.