Work & commute · Dassel

Work & commute in Dassel, MN

Most working residents leave Dassel for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dassel (12%), Hutchinson (9%) and Cokato (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 707 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 704 Dassel residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dassel.

704live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dassel goes to work

Dassel2 mi away

12%85

Hutchinson16.1 mi away

9%63

Cokato6.6 mi away

8%59

Litchfield10.5 mi away

7%53

St. Cloud29.3 mi away

5%34

Buffalo22.3 mi away

2%17

St. Paul60 mi away

2%17

Howard Lake12.9 mi away

2%14

Annandale13.7 mi away

2%14

Delano25.8 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%338

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

How far

How far Dassel commutes

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

30%

31%

25%

15%

30%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dassel is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dassel are

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

Jobs based in Dassel

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Dassel residents hold

707 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+102%

Jobs based in Dassel, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 87. 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.