Work & commute · Hutchinson

Work & commute in Hutchinson, MN

45% of Hutchinson’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Glencoe (4%), Litchfield (3%) and Willmar (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

3,221 of 7,209 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,988 Hutchinson residents head out of town to work, 3,221 work right here, and 5,423 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hutchinson.

3,988live here, work elsewhere

3,221live and work here

5,423work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hutchinson goes to work

Hutchinson (in town)right here

45%3,221

Glencoe13.7 mi away

4%309

Litchfield17.9 mi away

3%224

Willmar37.1 mi away

2%160

St. Paul62.4 mi away

2%133

Winsted16.8 mi away

2%131

Eden Prairie45 mi away

2%110

Minneapolis54.5 mi away

1%102

New Ulm39.9 mi away

1%88

Dassel14.1 mi away

1%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,649

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

How far

How far Hutchinson commutes

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

48%

17%

19%

16%

48%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hutchinson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hutchinson are

8,644 jobs are based in Hutchinson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hutchinson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hutchinson

8,644 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Hutchinson residents hold

7,209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+32%

Jobs based in Hutchinson, 2013 → 2023: 6,551 → 8,644. 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.