Work & commute · Vernon

Work & commute in Vernon, MN

Most working residents leave Vernon for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (40%), Hayfield (10%) and Austin (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 349 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 349 Vernon residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vernon.

349live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vernon goes to work

Rochester15.5 mi away

40%141

Hayfield5.4 mi away

10%36

Austin19.3 mi away

3%12

Dodge Center11 mi away

3%9

Kasson9.8 mi away

3%9

Owatonna28.2 mi away

2%8

Byron11.2 mi away

2%7

Blooming Prairie15.9 mi away

2%6

Stewartville12.6 mi away

1%5

Eagan67.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%111

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

How far

How far Vernon commutes

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

18%

58%

16%

18%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vernon is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vernon are

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

Jobs based in Vernon

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month70%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Vernon residents hold

349 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+43%

Jobs based in Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 10. 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.