Work & commute · Kasson

Work & commute in Kasson, MN

Most working residents leave Kasson for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (53%), Dodge Center (4%) and Byron (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

281 of 3,650 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,369 Kasson residents head out of town to work, 281 work right here, and 789 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kasson.

3,369live here, work elsewhere

281live and work here

789work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kasson goes to work

Rochester13.5 mi away

53%1,920

Kasson (in town)right here

8%281

Dodge Center5.2 mi away

4%130

Byron5.4 mi away

3%120

Owatonna24.4 mi away

3%109

Mantorville2.2 mi away

2%62

Ashland7.2 mi away

1%40

Minneapolis69.2 mi away

1%38

Austin27.4 mi away

1%36

Faribault32.1 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%884

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

How far

How far Kasson commutes

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

19%

61%

15%

19%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kasson is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kasson are

1,070 jobs are based in Kasson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kasson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kasson

1,070 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Kasson residents hold

3,650 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−17%

Jobs based in Kasson, 2013 → 2023: 1,287 → 1,070. 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.