Work & commute · Ostrander

Work & commute in Ostrander, MN

Most working residents leave Ostrander for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (40%), Spring Valley (17%) and Grand Meadow (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 106 Ostrander residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ostrander.

106live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ostrander goes to work

Rochester27.8 mi away

40%43

Spring Valley5.5 mi away

17%18

Grand Meadow9.6 mi away

5%5

Stewartville17.4 mi away

4%4

Chatfield20 mi away

3%3

Grand Meadow12.5 mi away

3%3

Willmar166.6 mi away

2%2

Eden Prairie99.5 mi away

2%2

Bloomfield3 mi away

2%2

Elma, IA25.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%24

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

How far

How far Ostrander commutes

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

27%

15%

45%

13%

27%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ostrander is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ostrander are

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

Jobs based in Ostrander

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Ostrander residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−24%

Jobs based in Ostrander, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 41. 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.