Work & commute · Dundas

Work & commute in Dundas, MN

Most working residents leave Dundas for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Northfield (28%), Faribault (7%) and Minneapolis (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 642 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 631 Dundas residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 859 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dundas.

631live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

859work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dundas goes to work

Northfield2.5 mi away

28%178

Faribault9.6 mi away

7%44

Minneapolis37.1 mi away

5%32

Lakeville17.3 mi away

3%22

Rochester45.9 mi away

3%19

Burnsville23.6 mi away

3%17

St. Paul36.3 mi away

2%16

Dundas (in town)right here

2%11

Eagan26.9 mi away

2%11

Roseville40.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%283

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

How far

How far Dundas commutes

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

39%

18%

34%

39%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dundas is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dundas are

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

Jobs based in Dundas

870 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Dundas residents hold

642 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+166%

Jobs based in Dundas, 2013 → 2023: 327 → 870. 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.