Work & commute · Eyota

Work & commute in Eyota, MN

Most working residents leave Eyota for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (55%), Chatfield (6%) and St. Charles (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 1,067 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 1,019 Eyota residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 412 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eyota.

1,019live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

412work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eyota goes to work

Rochester12.4 mi away

55%590

Chatfield10.2 mi away

6%64

Eyota (in town)right here

4%48

St. Charles8.7 mi away

2%23

Minneapolis84.5 mi away

2%23

Plainview12.6 mi away

1%12

Eden Prairie84.9 mi away

1%11

Chatfield13.5 mi away

1%9

Stewartville15.6 mi away

1%8

Orion6.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%271

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

How far

How far Eyota commutes

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

13%

68%

16%

13%Under 10 mi

68%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eyota is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eyota are

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

Jobs based in Eyota

460 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Eyota residents hold

1,067 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+129%

Jobs based in Eyota, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 460. 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.