Work & commute · Minnesota

Work & commute in Minnesota, MN

Most working residents leave Minnesota for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Winona (52%), Rochester (8%) and Goodview (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 118 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 118 Minnesota residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minnesota.

118live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minnesota goes to work

Winona4.9 mi away

52%61

Rochester36.6 mi away

8%10

Goodview2.4 mi away

7%8

Onalaska, WI30.5 mi away

4%5

Lewiston9.6 mi away

3%4

St. Charles17.6 mi away

2%2

Minneapolis96 mi away

2%2

La Crosse, WI32 mi away

2%2

Wilmette, IL246 mi away

1%1

Shreveport, LA810.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%22

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

How far

How far Minnesota commutes

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

64%

19%

13%

64%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minnesota is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Minnesota are

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

Jobs based in Minnesota

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Minnesota residents hold

118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−89%

Jobs based in Minnesota, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 4. 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.