Work & commute · Mound Prairie

Work & commute in Mound Prairie, MN

Most working residents leave Mound Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (31%), La Crescent (11%) and Caledonia (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 232 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 232 Mound Prairie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mound Prairie.

232live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mound Prairie goes to work

La Crosse, WI10.9 mi away

31%71

La Crescent7.1 mi away

11%25

Caledonia11.4 mi away

7%16

Winona21.2 mi away

6%13

Onalaska, WI13.5 mi away

5%11

Rochester54 mi away

4%10

West Salem, WI18.9 mi away

3%6

Hokah5 mi away

2%5

Decorah, IA38.1 mi away

2%4

Brownsville9.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%67

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

How far

How far Mound Prairie commutes

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

27%

46%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mound Prairie is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mound Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Mound Prairie

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Mound Prairie residents hold

232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−44%

Jobs based in Mound Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 20. 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.