Work & commute · Goodhue

Work & commute in Goodhue, MN

Most working residents leave Goodhue for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Red Wing (21%), Rochester (10%) and Goodhue (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 609 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 572 Goodhue residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 485 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goodhue.

572live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

485work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goodhue goes to work

Red Wing12.6 mi away

21%125

Rochester27.6 mi away

10%63

Goodhue1.6 mi away

7%42

Goodhue (in town)right here

6%37

St. Paul44.7 mi away

3%21

Zumbrota7.6 mi away

3%20

Cannon Falls15.3 mi away

3%20

Minneapolis50.2 mi away

2%14

Hastings25.6 mi away

2%11

Eagan39 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%245

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

How far

How far Goodhue commutes

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

20%

35%

30%

14%

20%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goodhue is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Goodhue are

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

Jobs based in Goodhue

522 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities66%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Goodhue residents hold

609 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+198%

Jobs based in Goodhue, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 522. 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.