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Work & commute · Caledonia

Work & commute in Caledonia, MN

About one in 3 of Caledonia’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (18%), La Crescent (7%) and Spring Grove (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
35%
503 of 1,450 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 947 Caledonia residents head out of town to work, 503 work right here, and 1,138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caledonia.

947live here, work elsewhere
503live and work here
1,138work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Caledonia goes to work

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1
Caledonia (in town)right here
35%503
2
La Crosse, WI19.1 mi away
18%257
3
La Crescent16.7 mi away
7%101
4
Spring Grove8.5 mi away
4%55
5
Onalaska, WI23 mi away
3%47
6
Winona30 mi away
3%45
7
Rochester55.4 mi away
3%41
8
Houston9 mi away
2%32
9
Onalaska, WI23.7 mi away
1%15
10
West Salem, WI27.5 mi away
1%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
23%340

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

How far

How far Caledonia commutes

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

44%Under 10 mi
33%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Caledonia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Caledonia are

1,641 jobs are based in Caledonia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Caledonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Caledonia

1,641 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities34%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Caledonia residents hold

1,450 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month57%
−14%

Jobs based in Caledonia, 2013 → 2023: 1,909 → 1,641. 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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