Work & commute · Montevideo

Work & commute in Montevideo, MN

About one in 3 of Montevideo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Willmar (9%), Sparta (6%) and Granite Falls (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

951 of 2,426 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,475 Montevideo residents head out of town to work, 951 work right here, and 1,642 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montevideo.

1,475live here, work elsewhere

951live and work here

1,642work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montevideo goes to work

Montevideo (in town)right here

39%951

Willmar34.2 mi away

9%222

Sparta1.6 mi away

6%144

Granite Falls13 mi away

6%136

Leenthrop8.5 mi away

4%100

Marshall34.8 mi away

2%46

Minneapolis119.6 mi away

2%40

Dawson16.4 mi away

1%36

Mankato101.2 mi away

1%32

Red Wing154.7 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%698

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

How far

How far Montevideo commutes

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

50%

12%

16%

22%

50%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montevideo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Montevideo are

2,593 jobs are based in Montevideo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montevideo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Montevideo

2,593 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Montevideo residents hold

2,426 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−25%

Jobs based in Montevideo, 2013 → 2023: 3,465 → 2,593. 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.