Work & commute · Odessa

Work & commute in Odessa, MN

Most working residents leave Odessa for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ortonville (20%), Clinton (9%) and Graceville (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 45 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 44 Odessa residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Odessa.

44live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Odessa goes to work

Ortonville6 mi away

20%9

Clinton15.1 mi away

9%4

Graceville21.8 mi away

7%3

Morris30.5 mi away

4%2

Milbank, SD14.9 mi away

4%2

Hodges31.8 mi away

4%2

Big Stone, SD9.1 mi away

4%2

Nassau14.4 mi away

2%1

Odessa (in town)right here

2%1

Starbuck45.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%18

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

How far

How far Odessa commutes

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

31%

29%

20%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Odessa is a job hub

1.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Odessa are

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

Jobs based in Odessa

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month3%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Odessa residents hold

45 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

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.