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Work & commute in Dakota, MN

Most working residents leave Dakota for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Winona (27%), La Crosse (16%) and La Crescent (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 150 working residents
Typical commute
15 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 150 Dakota residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dakota.

150live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Dakota goes to work

DakotaGoodviewLa CrescentWinonaRochesterWest SalemOnalaskaLa CrosseNew HartfordPleasant HillWilsonBuffaloWinonaLa CrosseLa CrescentOnalaskaNew HartfordWilsonRochesterWest SalemGoodviewPleasant HillDakota
1
Winona18.4 mi away
27%40
2
La Crosse, WI8.6 mi away
16%24
3
La Crescent5.9 mi away
10%15
4
Onalaska, WI7.7 mi away
6%9
5
New Hartford4 mi away
4%6
6
Wilson15.5 mi away
3%5
7
Rochester56.3 mi away
3%4
8
West Salem, WI13.4 mi away
3%4
9
Goodview21.1 mi away
2%3
10
Pleasant Hill9.2 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
25%37

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

How far

How far Dakota commutes

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

41%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Dakota is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dakota are

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

Jobs based in Dakota

1 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities100%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less100%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%
Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Dakota residents hold

150 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month63%
−95%

Jobs based in Dakota, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 1. 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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