Work & commute · Altona

Work & commute in Altona, MN

Most working residents leave Altona for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pipestone (28%), Ruthton (7%) and Jasper (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 46 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 46 Altona residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Altona.

46live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Altona goes to work

Pipestone11.1 mi away

28%13

Ruthton14.2 mi away

7%3

Jasper20.7 mi away

7%3

Tyler15.3 mi away

7%3

Marshall36.2 mi away

7%3

Sioux Falls, SD45.3 mi away

7%3

Brewster55.5 mi away

4%2

Washta, IA113.7 mi away

2%1

Nevada, IA208.1 mi away

2%1

Russell25 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%13

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

How far

How far Altona commutes

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

15%

43%

15%

26%

15%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Altona is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Altona are

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

Jobs based in Altona

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Altona residents hold

46 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−8%

Jobs based in Altona, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 36. 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.