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Work & commute · Atwater

Work & commute in Atwater, MN

Most working residents leave Atwater for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Willmar (33%), Litchfield (6%) and Gennessee (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
24 of 535 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 511 Atwater residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atwater.

511live here, work elsewhere
24live and work here
225work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Atwater goes to work

Lake LillianGrove CityCosmosAtwaterPrinsburgSpicerLitchfieldHutchinsonWillmarPlymouthNew LondonLitchfieldEast Lake LillianFahlunGennesseeWillmarLitchfieldGennesseeGrove CityLitchfieldPrinsburgHutchinsonPlymouthSpicerAtwater
1
Willmar13.8 mi away
33%174
2
Litchfield12.3 mi away
6%31
3
Atwater (in town)right here
4%24
4
Gennessee3.2 mi away
3%16
5
Grove City4.7 mi away
2%11
6
Litchfield9.4 mi away
2%11
7
Prinsburg24.4 mi away
2%10
8
Hutchinson26.1 mi away
2%10
9
Plymouth64.6 mi away
2%10
10
Spicer10.4 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%230

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

How far

How far Atwater commutes

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

12%Under 10 mi
54%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Atwater is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Atwater are

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

Jobs based in Atwater

249 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Atwater residents hold

535 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+48%

Jobs based in Atwater, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 249. 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.

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