Work & commute · Alta Vista

Work & commute in Alta Vista, MN

Most working residents leave Alta Vista for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hendricks (16%), Marshall (16%) and Brookings (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 61 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 60 Alta Vista residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alta Vista.

60live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alta Vista goes to work

Hendricks14.8 mi away

16%10

Marshall20.2 mi away

16%10

Brookings, SD37.2 mi away

8%5

Ivanhoe10 mi away

7%4

Canby10.6 mi away

3%2

Mankato111.1 mi away

3%2

St. Paul151.4 mi away

3%2

Hendricks13.2 mi away

3%2

Cottonwood23.1 mi away

2%1

New London76.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%22

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

How far

How far Alta Vista commutes

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

10%

42%

17%

32%

10%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alta Vista is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alta Vista are

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

Jobs based in Alta Vista

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Alta Vista residents hold

61 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+500%

Jobs based in Alta Vista, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 18. 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.