Work & commute · Litchfield

Work & commute in Litchfield, MN

40% of Litchfield’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Willmar (6%), Litchfield (5%) and Dassel (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

1,312 of 3,317 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,005 Litchfield residents head out of town to work, 1,312 work right here, and 2,794 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Litchfield.

2,005live here, work elsewhere

1,312live and work here

2,794work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Litchfield goes to work

Litchfield (in town)right here

40%1,312

Willmar26 mi away

6%186

Litchfield3.3 mi away

5%152

Dassel10.5 mi away

4%138

Hutchinson17.9 mi away

3%101

Plymouth52.3 mi away

3%95

St. Cloud32.9 mi away

2%60

Cokato16.8 mi away

2%58

St. Paul70.4 mi away

2%54

Watkins14.5 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,111

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

How far

How far Litchfield commutes

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

47%

20%

13%

21%

47%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Litchfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Litchfield are

4,106 jobs are based in Litchfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Litchfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Litchfield

4,106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Litchfield residents hold

3,317 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+48%

Jobs based in Litchfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,772 → 4,106. 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.