Work & commute · Rost

Work & commute in Rost, MN

Most working residents leave Rost for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Worthington (24%), Windom (12%) and Heron Lake (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 75 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 74 Rost residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rost.

74live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rost goes to work

Worthington16.2 mi away

24%18

Windom18.5 mi away

12%9

Heron Lake11.7 mi away

5%4

Lakefield6.2 mi away

5%4

Sioux Falls, SD73.2 mi away

5%4

Brewster10.5 mi away

4%3

Thief River Falls312.6 mi away

4%3

Fulda23.2 mi away

3%2

Jackson14.3 mi away

3%2

Amboy30.5 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%24

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

How far

How far Rost commutes

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

12%

53%

27%

12%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rost is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rost are

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

Jobs based in Rost

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Rost residents hold

75 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+567%

Jobs based in Rost, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 20. 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.