Work & commute · Carrolton

Work & commute in Carrolton, MN

Most working residents leave Carrolton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (21%), Preston (7%) and Harmony (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 161 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 159 Carrolton residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carrolton.

159live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carrolton goes to work

Rochester30.6 mi away

21%34

Preston4.9 mi away

7%12

Harmony11.8 mi away

7%11

Cresco, IA24.9 mi away

4%6

Chatfield11.8 mi away

4%6

Winona28.4 mi away

4%6

Mabel18.7 mi away

3%5

Rushford Village12.7 mi away

3%5

Lanesboro2.3 mi away

2%4

Caledonia26.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%68

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

How far

How far Carrolton commutes

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

19%

31%

36%

14%

19%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carrolton is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carrolton are

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

Jobs based in Carrolton

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Carrolton residents hold

161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−12%

Jobs based in Carrolton, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 72. 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.