Work & commute · Dodge Center

Work & commute in Dodge Center, MN

Most working residents leave Dodge Center for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (33%), Kasson (5%) and Owatonna (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

245 of 1,364 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,119 Dodge Center residents head out of town to work, 245 work right here, and 1,526 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dodge Center.

1,119live here, work elsewhere

245live and work here

1,526work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dodge Center goes to work

Rochester18.6 mi away

33%447

Dodge Center (in town)right here

18%245

Kasson5.2 mi away

5%65

Owatonna19.4 mi away

4%57

Ashland3.9 mi away

3%44

Byron10.5 mi away

3%36

Wasioja2.8 mi away

2%21

Minneapolis67.8 mi away

1%20

Claremont7.3 mi away

1%18

Hayfield9.6 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%394

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

How far

How far Dodge Center commutes

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

34%

45%

15%

34%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dodge Center is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dodge Center are

1,771 jobs are based in Dodge Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dodge Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dodge Center

1,771 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Dodge Center residents hold

1,364 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+1%

Jobs based in Dodge Center, 2013 → 2023: 1,762 → 1,771. 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.