Work & commute · Afton

Work & commute in Afton, MN

Most working residents leave Afton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (15%), Minneapolis (11%) and Hastings (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,381 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,367 Afton residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Afton.

1,367live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Afton goes to work

St. Paul14.4 mi away

15%208

Minneapolis22.4 mi away

11%146

Hastings11.7 mi away

5%75

Woodbury5.1 mi away

5%66

Cottage Grove7.5 mi away

4%55

Eagan17.8 mi away

4%52

Bloomington24.8 mi away

3%48

Edina26.5 mi away

3%40

Stillwater11.1 mi away

2%32

Roseville18.2 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%630

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

How far

How far Afton commutes

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

21%

56%

18%

21%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Afton is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Afton are

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

Jobs based in Afton

468 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Afton residents hold

1,381 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+35%

Jobs based in Afton, 2013 → 2023: 346 → 468. 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.