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Work & commute in Rosewood · A commuter town

100% of Rosewood’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Rosewood for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Montevideo (25%), Willmar (10%) and Sparta (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 134 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
19 min
Less than MN (23 min)
Work from home
16%
Less than MN (18%)
Jobs based here
18
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Rosewood?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

25% of working residents work in Montevideo

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

MilanMiltonaKerkhovenDawson: 5 residents work here (4%)Clara City: 2 residents work here (1%)Appleton: 3 residents work here (2%)WellsCanbyBenson: 5 residents work here (4%)Granite Falls: 4 residents work here (3%)Montevideo: 33 residents work here (25%)Marshall: 3 residents work here (2%)Willmar: 14 residents work here (10%)Bloomington: 3 residents work here (2%)Lake AndrewSparta: 6 residents work here (4%)TorningTunsbergMandtRosewoodHavelockMontevideoWillmarSpartaDawsonBensonGranite FallsRosewood
1
Montevideo5 mi away
25%33
2
Willmar30.5 mi away
10%14
3
Sparta5.2 mi away
4%6
4
Dawson19.7 mi away
4%5
5
Benson21 mi away
4%5
6
Granite Falls15.5 mi away
3%4
7
Appleton21.6 mi away
2%3
8
Marshall39.5 mi away
2%3
9
Bloomington115.7 mi away
2%3
10
Clara City15.1 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%56
The top trips

Where Rosewood clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Rosewood quiets down on a workday

On a workday 134 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.

134live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
18work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night290
Workday170
290live here− 130head out to work+ 18come in to work= 170on a workday

About 170 people are in Rosewood on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Rosewood commutes less than 21 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMontevideo: 25% · 5 miWillmar: 10% · 30.5 miSparta: 4% · 5.2 miDawson: 4% · 19.7 miBenson: 4% · 21 miGranite Falls: 3% · 15.5 miAppleton: 2% · 21.6 miMarshall: 2% · 39.5 miBloomington: 2% · 115.7 miClara City: 1% · 15.1 miMontevideo 25%Willmar 10%Sparta 4%Dawson 4%Benson 4%Rosewood
RosewoodTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi41 residents
26%10–24 mi34 residents
18%25–50 mi24 residents
26%Over 50 mi34 residents

About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Rosewood makes things: 61% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in RosewoodJobs Rosewood residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms61%27%
Trade, transport & utilities39%19%
Services: health, schools, offices0%54%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%28%
Over $3,333 a month83%57%

Who does it

29 or younger22%21%
30 to 5433%48%
55 and older44%31%
+13%

Jobs based in Rosewood, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 18. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
145 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Rosewood19 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
16%

of Rosewood workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Next door

Rosewood and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Sparta (4%). Darker towns draw more of Rosewood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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