Work & commute · Clayton

Work & commute in Clayton, MN

Most working residents leave Clayton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (43%), Grand Meadow (10%) and Stewartville (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 106 Clayton residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clayton.

106live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clayton goes to work

Rochester27.6 mi away

43%46

Grand Meadow6 mi away

10%11

Stewartville17.4 mi away

7%8

Spring Valley12.6 mi away

4%4

Grand Meadow6 mi away

4%4

Lyle17.8 mi away

2%2

Zumbrota46 mi away

2%2

Winona56 mi away

2%2

Lakeville78.6 mi away

2%2

Racine12.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%25

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

How far

How far Clayton commutes

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

15%

18%

49%

19%

15%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

49%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clayton is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clayton are

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

Jobs based in Clayton

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Clayton residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−5%

Jobs based in Clayton, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 19. 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.