Work & commute · Rockford

Work & commute in Rockford, MN

Most working residents leave Rockford for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Plymouth (9%), Buffalo (8%) and Minneapolis (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 2,246 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,164 Rockford residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 1,108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockford.

2,164live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

1,108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockford goes to work

Plymouth14.6 mi away

9%193

Buffalo8.4 mi away

8%188

Minneapolis24.9 mi away

8%185

Delano4.3 mi away

5%111

Eden Prairie21.8 mi away

4%88

Rockford (in town)right here

4%82

Medina9.5 mi away

3%71

Maple Grove14 mi away

3%65

Minnetonka17.8 mi away

3%63

Brooklyn Park19.4 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,145

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

How far

How far Rockford commutes

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

28%

51%

16%

28%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockford is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockford are

1,190 jobs are based in Rockford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockford

1,190 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Rockford residents hold

2,246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+57%

Jobs based in Rockford, 2013 → 2023: 760 → 1,190. 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.