Work & commute · Altura

Work & commute in Altura, MN

Most working residents leave Altura for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Winona (32%), Rochester (17%) and Goodview (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 202 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 194 Altura residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Altura.

194live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Altura goes to work

Winona13.7 mi away

32%64

Rochester26.8 mi away

17%34

Goodview11.2 mi away

5%10

Lewiston6.7 mi away

4%8

Altura (in town)right here

4%8

Norton2.4 mi away

3%7

Lake City31.2 mi away

2%4

Rollingstone6.7 mi away

1%3

Plainview13.2 mi away

1%3

St. Charles8.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%58

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

How far

How far Altura commutes

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

22%

42%

26%

11%

22%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Altura is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Altura are

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

Jobs based in Altura

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Altura residents hold

202 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−1%

Jobs based in Altura, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 80. 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.