Work & commute · Claremont

Work & commute in Claremont, MN

Most working residents leave Claremont for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (22%), Owatonna (13%) and Dodge Center (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 214 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 208 Claremont residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Claremont.

208live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

148work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Claremont goes to work

Rochester25.4 mi away

22%47

Owatonna12.5 mi away

13%27

Dodge Center7.3 mi away

11%24

West Concord6.7 mi away

6%12

Faribault21.3 mi away

5%11

Claremont (in town)right here

3%6

Hayfield14.5 mi away

1%3

Kenyon13.6 mi away

1%3

Zumbrota21.6 mi away

1%3

Byron17.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%75

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

How far

How far Claremont commutes

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

22%

43%

21%

14%

22%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Claremont is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Claremont are

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

Jobs based in Claremont

154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Claremont residents hold

214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+77%

Jobs based in Claremont, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 154. 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.