Work & commute · Fountain

Work & commute in Fountain, MN

Most working residents leave Fountain for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (44%), Chatfield (15%) and Spring Valley (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 201 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 197 Fountain residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fountain.

197live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fountain goes to work

Rochester25.4 mi away

44%88

Chatfield7.4 mi away

15%30

Spring Valley13.3 mi away

4%8

Preston5.5 mi away

2%5

Winona31.5 mi away

2%5

Fountain (in town)right here

2%4

Stewartville19.5 mi away

2%4

Marion19.8 mi away

1%3

Harmony14.5 mi away

1%2

Rushford19.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%50

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

How far

How far Fountain commutes

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

23%

22%

44%

10%

23%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fountain is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fountain are

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

Jobs based in Fountain

128 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Fountain residents hold

201 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−19%

Jobs based in Fountain, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 128. 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.