Work & commute · Watopa

Work & commute in Watopa, MN

Most working residents leave Watopa for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wabasha (22%), Rochester (21%) and Winona (10%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 136 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 136 Watopa residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Watopa.

136live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Watopa goes to work

Wabasha9.7 mi away

22%30

Rochester28.7 mi away

21%28

Winona20.5 mi away

10%13

Plainview10.2 mi away

9%12

Lake City20.4 mi away

5%7

Red Wing38.6 mi away

3%4

Kellogg4.9 mi away

2%3

Plainview9.6 mi away

2%3

La Crescent44.2 mi away

1%2

Minneapolis80.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%32

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

How far

How far Watopa commutes

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

19%

39%

29%

13%

19%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Watopa is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Watopa are

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

Jobs based in Watopa

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Watopa residents hold

136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+0%

Jobs based in Watopa, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 5. 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.