Work & commute · Highwater

Work & commute in Highwater, MN

Most working residents leave Highwater for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Westbrook (18%), Windom (15%) and Lamberton (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 55 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

47%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 52 Highwater residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highwater.

52live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highwater goes to work

Westbrook10.4 mi away

18%10

Windom20.4 mi away

15%8

Lamberton6 mi away

7%4

Jeffers7.5 mi away

5%3

Walnut Grove10.7 mi away

5%3

Highwater (in town)right here

5%3

Germantown6.6 mi away

4%2

Great Bend17.4 mi away

4%2

Manchester95.7 mi away

2%1

Storden7.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%18

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

How far

How far Highwater commutes

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

33%

42%

20%

33%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highwater is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Highwater are

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

Jobs based in Highwater

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Highwater residents hold

55 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−19%

Jobs based in Highwater, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 17. 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.