Work & commute · Red Wing

Work & commute in Red Wing, MN

46% of Red Wing’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (5%), Rochester (4%) and Minneapolis (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

3,500 of 7,572 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 4,072 Red Wing residents head out of town to work, 3,500 work right here, and 6,511 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Red Wing.

4,072live here, work elsewhere

3,500live and work here

6,511work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Red Wing goes to work

Red Wing (in town)right here

46%3,500

St. Paul35.3 mi away

5%361

Rochester39.7 mi away

4%309

Minneapolis41.9 mi away

3%231

Hastings16.1 mi away

2%158

Lake City18.5 mi away

2%151

Bloomington38.9 mi away

2%119

Eagan31.8 mi away

2%115

Cannon Falls14.7 mi away

2%114

Lakeville32.5 mi away

1%101

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%2,413

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

How far

How far Red Wing commutes

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

48%

10%

30%

11%

48%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Red Wing is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Red Wing are

10,011 jobs are based in Red Wing. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Red Wing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Red Wing

10,011 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Red Wing residents hold

7,572 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−8%

Jobs based in Red Wing, 2013 → 2023: 10,832 → 10,011. 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.