Work & commute · Oronoco

Work & commute in Oronoco, MN

Most working residents leave Oronoco for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (69%), Pine Island (2%) and Zumbrota (1%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 1,242 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,221 Oronoco residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 325 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oronoco.

1,221live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

325work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oronoco goes to work

Rochester9.7 mi away

69%857

Pine Island7.5 mi away

2%25

Oronoco (in town)right here

2%21

Zumbrota13.3 mi away

1%17

Bloomington61.9 mi away

1%14

Oronoco2.7 mi away

1%13

Minneapolis67.8 mi away

1%11

St. Paul62.7 mi away

1%9

Plainview15.8 mi away

1%7

Byron11 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%261

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

How far

How far Oronoco commutes

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

60%

23%

15%

60%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oronoco is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oronoco are

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

Jobs based in Oronoco

346 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Oronoco residents hold

1,242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+11%

Jobs based in Oronoco, 2013 → 2023: 311 → 346. 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.