Work & commute · Redwood Falls

Work & commute in Redwood Falls, MN

46% of Redwood Falls’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sherman (6%), Marshall (4%) and Emmet (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

1,083 of 2,354 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 1,271 Redwood Falls residents head out of town to work, 1,083 work right here, and 1,915 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redwood Falls.

1,271live here, work elsewhere

1,083live and work here

1,915work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Redwood Falls goes to work

Redwood Falls (in town)right here

46%1,083

Sherman9.1 mi away

6%134

Marshall34.5 mi away

4%100

Emmet15.1 mi away

3%69

Renville17.6 mi away

3%59

Willmar39.7 mi away

2%55

Paxton3.6 mi away

1%35

Wabasso12.5 mi away

1%31

Mankato61.4 mi away

1%29

Minneapolis94.5 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%730

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

How far

How far Redwood Falls commutes

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

56%

13%

18%

56%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Redwood Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Redwood Falls are

2,998 jobs are based in Redwood Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Redwood Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Redwood Falls

2,998 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Redwood Falls residents hold

2,354 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−5%

Jobs based in Redwood Falls, 2013 → 2023: 3,145 → 2,998. 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.