Work & commute · Austin

Work & commute in Austin, MN

Most working residents leave Austin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (45%), Rochester (14%) and Albert Lea (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 412 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 408 Austin residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Austin.

408live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Austin goes to work

Austin3.6 mi away

45%184

Rochester37.3 mi away

14%56

Albert Lea18.8 mi away

3%11

Minneapolis93.7 mi away

2%9

Hayfield19.9 mi away

2%8

Red Rock9 mi away

2%8

Brownsdale10.2 mi away

1%6

Dodge Center29 mi away

1%5

Owatonna34.7 mi away

1%5

Mankato62 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%115

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

How far

How far Austin commutes

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

52%

11%

21%

17%

52%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Austin is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Austin are

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

Jobs based in Austin

102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Austin residents hold

412 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+32%

Jobs based in Austin, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 102. 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.