Work & commute · Merton

Work & commute in Merton, MN

Most working residents leave Merton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Owatonna (45%), Faribault (12%) and Rochester (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 163 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 163 Merton residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Merton.

163live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Merton goes to work

Owatonna8.2 mi away

45%74

Faribault14.3 mi away

12%19

Rochester31.5 mi away

4%7

Minneapolis57.2 mi away

3%5

Northfield21.9 mi away

2%4

Waseca21.2 mi away

2%3

Medford8.2 mi away

1%2

Rushford70.1 mi away

1%2

Richfield51.3 mi away

1%2

Minnetonka57.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%43

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

How far

How far Merton commutes

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

40%

32%

11%

17%

40%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Merton is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Merton are

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

Jobs based in Merton

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Merton residents hold

163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−61%

Jobs based in Merton, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 9. 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.