Work & commute · Appleton

Work & commute in Appleton, MN

About one in 3 of Appleton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Montevideo (5%), Morris (5%) and Hantho (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

155 of 517 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 362 Appleton residents head out of town to work, 155 work right here, and 340 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Appleton.

362live here, work elsewhere

155live and work here

340work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Appleton goes to work

Appleton (in town)right here

30%155

Montevideo22.8 mi away

5%28

Morris27.3 mi away

5%25

Hantho6.7 mi away

5%24

Willmar47.3 mi away

4%23

Madison15.2 mi away

3%18

Benson21.8 mi away

3%18

Torning23.5 mi away

3%16

Granite Falls35.8 mi away

2%11

Marysland11.5 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%189

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

How far

How far Appleton commutes

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

39%

25%

16%

20%

39%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Appleton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Appleton are

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

Jobs based in Appleton

495 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Appleton residents hold

517 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−2%

Jobs based in Appleton, 2013 → 2023: 506 → 495. 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.