Work & commute · Baxter

Work & commute in Baxter, MN

Most working residents leave Baxter for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dawson (32%), Montevideo (14%) and Camp Release (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 81 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 80 Baxter residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baxter.

80live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baxter goes to work

Dawson6.6 mi away

32%26

Montevideo9.9 mi away

14%11

Camp Release5.2 mi away

6%5

Madison14.6 mi away

5%4

Granite Falls20.1 mi away

4%3

St. Peter104.4 mi away

4%3

Mankato109 mi away

4%3

Riverside5.9 mi away

4%3

Sparta11.3 mi away

4%3

Brookings, SD60.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%18

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

How far

How far Baxter commutes

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

49%

23%

22%

49%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baxter is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Baxter are

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

Jobs based in Baxter

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Baxter residents hold

81 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+267%

Jobs based in Baxter, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 11. 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.