Work & commute · Welch

Work & commute in Welch, MN

Most working residents leave Welch for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Red Wing (25%), Rochester (10%) and Goodhue (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 340 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

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 337 Welch residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Welch.

337live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Welch goes to work

Red Wing6.6 mi away

25%85

Rochester43.3 mi away

10%34

Goodhue15.8 mi away

6%21

St. Paul29.4 mi away

4%13

Minneapolis35.7 mi away

4%13

Cannon Falls10.3 mi away

3%11

Goodhue14.7 mi away

3%10

Zumbrota22.3 mi away

3%9

Lakeville25.9 mi away

2%8

Vasa7.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%129

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

How far

How far Welch commutes

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

23%

31%

39%

23%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Welch is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Welch are

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

Jobs based in Welch

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Welch residents hold

340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+72%

Jobs based in Welch, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 86. 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.