Work & commute · Lewiston

Work & commute in Lewiston, MN

Most working residents leave Lewiston for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Winona (28%), Rochester (18%) and Goodview (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

119 of 750 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 631 Lewiston residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 615 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewiston.

631live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

615work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lewiston goes to work

Winona11.1 mi away

28%208

Rochester30.4 mi away

18%137

Lewiston (in town)right here

16%119

Goodview9.5 mi away

3%24

Rushford13 mi away

2%18

St. Charles9.5 mi away

2%15

Warren4.5 mi away

2%13

Utica1.5 mi away

2%12

La Crosse, WI33.9 mi away

1%11

Utica4 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%185

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

How far

How far Lewiston commutes

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

25%

38%

25%

12%

25%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lewiston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewiston are

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

Jobs based in Lewiston

734 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lewiston residents hold

750 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−6%

Jobs based in Lewiston, 2013 → 2023: 782 → 734. 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.