Work & commute · High Forest

Work & commute in High Forest, MN

Most working residents leave High Forest for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (62%), Stewartville (8%) and Byron (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 475 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 472 High Forest residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in High Forest.

472live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where High Forest goes to work

Rochester9.7 mi away

62%294

Stewartville1.9 mi away

8%36

Byron12.7 mi away

2%11

Minneapolis83.7 mi away

1%6

Spring Valley14.5 mi away

1%5

Eden Prairie81.6 mi away

1%5

Hayfield16.3 mi away

1%4

Bloomington76.7 mi away

1%4

Duluth201.1 mi away

1%4

Eyota16.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%103

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

How far

How far High Forest commutes

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

35%

47%

15%

35%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

High Forest is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in High Forest are

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

Jobs based in High Forest

191 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs High Forest residents hold

475 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+37%

Jobs based in High Forest, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 191. 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.