Work & commute · Red Rock

Work & commute in Red Rock, MN

Most working residents leave Red Rock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (37%), Rochester (16%) and Dodge Center (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 333 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 330 Red Rock residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Red Rock.

330live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Red Rock goes to work

Austin6.3 mi away

37%124

Rochester28.2 mi away

16%52

Dodge Center21.5 mi away

3%9

Albert Lea25.1 mi away

2%8

Windom6 mi away

2%7

Hayfield11.9 mi away

2%6

Owatonna31.6 mi away

2%5

Austin9 mi away

2%5

Spring Valley24 mi away

1%4

St. Paul85.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%109

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

How far

How far Red Rock commutes

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

45%

15%

22%

18%

45%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Red Rock is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Red Rock are

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

Jobs based in Red Rock

156 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Red Rock residents hold

333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+26%

Jobs based in Red Rock, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 156. 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.