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Work & commute · Homer

Work & commute in Homer, MN

Most working residents leave Homer for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Winona (55%), La Crosse (9%) and Rochester (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
2 of 623 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 621 Homer residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Homer.

621live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
40work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Homer goes to work

LewistonHoustonStocktonGoodviewChatfieldCaledoniaLa CrescentWinonaEden PrairieRochesterTrempealeauOnalaskaLa CrosseRichmondNew HartfordPleasant HillHomerWilsonBuffaloGaleTrempealeauWinonaLa CrosseRochesterGoodviewLa CrescentOnalaskaEden PrairieLewistonHoustonCaledoniaHomer
1
Winona7.7 mi away
55%345
2
La Crosse, WI19.4 mi away
9%54
3
Rochester46.3 mi away
4%26
4
Goodview10.2 mi away
3%17
5
La Crescent16 mi away
2%11
6
Onalaska, WI18.3 mi away
2%10
7
Eden Prairie111.7 mi away
1%7
8
Lewiston15.9 mi away
1%6
9
Houston15.7 mi away
1%6
10
Caledonia24.1 mi away
1%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%135

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

How far

How far Homer commutes

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

58%Under 10 mi
21%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Homer is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Homer are

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

Jobs based in Homer

42 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)50%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Homer residents hold

623 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−28%

Jobs based in Homer, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 42. 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.

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