Work & commute · Welcome

Work & commute in Welcome, MN

Most working residents leave Welcome for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fairmont (31%), Mankato (9%) and Marshall (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 349 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 331 Welcome residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Welcome.

331live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Welcome goes to work

Fairmont7.3 mi away

31%107

Mankato47 mi away

9%30

Welcome (in town)right here

5%18

Marshall79.8 mi away

4%15

Sherburn6.1 mi away

3%11

Trimont8.5 mi away

3%9

Blue Earth25.4 mi away

3%9

Rutland9.9 mi away

3%9

Jackson19.3 mi away

2%8

Granada13 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%126

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

How far

How far Welcome commutes

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

47%

13%

18%

22%

47%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Welcome is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Welcome are

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

Jobs based in Welcome

174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Welcome residents hold

349 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−47%

Jobs based in Welcome, 2013 → 2023: 330 → 174. 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.