Work & commute · Elmira

Work & commute in Elmira, MN

Most working residents leave Elmira for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (56%), Eyota (6%) and Chatfield (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 177 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 176 Elmira residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmira.

176live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmira goes to work

Rochester19 mi away

56%100

Eyota8.2 mi away

6%10

Chatfield3.9 mi away

5%9

Winona25.8 mi away

2%4

Dover5.4 mi away

2%3

St. Charles6.6 mi away

2%3

Cascade21.3 mi away

2%3

Dodge Center36.8 mi away

1%2

Oronoco27.4 mi away

1%2

Edina91.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%39

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

How far

How far Elmira commutes

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

16%

66%

11%

16%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmira is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmira are

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

Jobs based in Elmira

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Elmira residents hold

177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+24%

Jobs based in Elmira, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 82. 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.