Work & commute · Brewster

Work & commute in Brewster, MN

Most working residents leave Brewster for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Worthington (32%), Sioux Falls (5%) and Fulda (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

31 of 242 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 211 Brewster residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 3,013 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brewster.

211live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

3,013work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brewster goes to work

Worthington8.3 mi away

32%78

Brewster (in town)right here

13%31

Sioux Falls, SD64.3 mi away

5%13

Fulda13.7 mi away

3%7

Windom21.1 mi away

2%5

Jackson24.3 mi away

2%5

Adrian23.8 mi away

2%4

Heron Lake10 mi away

2%4

Wells86.5 mi away

2%4

Slayton25 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%88

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

How far

How far Brewster commutes

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

48%

18%

26%

48%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brewster is a job hub

12.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

12.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brewster are

3,044 jobs are based in Brewster. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brewster’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brewster

3,044 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Brewster residents hold

242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+1265%

Jobs based in Brewster, 2013 → 2023: 223 → 3,044. 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.