Work & commute · Minneota

Work & commute in Minneota, MN

Most working residents leave Minneota for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (36%), Cottonwood (13%) and Canby (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 628 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 577 Minneota residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 322 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minneota.

577live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

322work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minneota goes to work

Marshall12.3 mi away

36%224

Cottonwood15.3 mi away

13%79

Minneota (in town)right here

8%51

Canby17.7 mi away

2%15

Minneapolis136 mi away

2%11

Granite Falls27.5 mi away

2%10

St. Paul143.7 mi away

2%10

Montevideo29.8 mi away

1%9

Brookings, SD43.5 mi away

1%9

Mankato102.8 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%203

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

How far

How far Minneota commutes

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

10%

58%

11%

22%

10%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minneota is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Minneota are

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

Jobs based in Minneota

373 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Minneota residents hold

628 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−37%

Jobs based in Minneota, 2013 → 2023: 591 → 373. 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.