Work & commute · Moscow

Work & commute in Moscow, MN

Most working residents leave Moscow for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albert Lea (16%), Austin (15%) and Owatonna (15%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 243 Moscow residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moscow.

243live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moscow goes to work

Albert Lea13.3 mi away

16%40

Austin7.5 mi away

15%36

Owatonna26.5 mi away

15%36

Rochester37.6 mi away

9%23

Blooming Prairie10.7 mi away

4%9

Geneva10.5 mi away

2%5

Bloomington77.4 mi away

2%4

Blooming Prairie12 mi away

2%4

Ellendale14.1 mi away

1%3

Faribault41 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%83

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

How far

How far Moscow commutes

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

21%

35%

25%

19%

21%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moscow is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moscow are

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

Jobs based in Moscow

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)98%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Moscow residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+33%

Jobs based in Moscow, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 64. 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.