Work & commute · Gillford

Work & commute in Gillford, MN

Most working residents leave Gillford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (45%), Lake City (8%) and Zumbrota (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 225 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 223 Gillford residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gillford.

223live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gillford goes to work

Rochester22.3 mi away

45%102

Lake City9.2 mi away

8%17

Zumbrota15.1 mi away

6%14

Mazeppa9.2 mi away

3%6

Pine Island15.6 mi away

2%5

Plainview15.1 mi away

2%4

Red Wing21 mi away

2%4

St. Charles29.2 mi away

1%3

Oronoco13.3 mi away

1%3

Dodge Center31.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%65

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

How far

How far Gillford commutes

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

10%

67%

11%

12%

10%Under 10 mi

67%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gillford 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 Gillford are

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

Jobs based in Gillford

143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Gillford residents hold

225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+853%

Jobs based in Gillford, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 143. 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.