Work & commute · West Concord

Work & commute in West Concord, MN

Most working residents leave West Concord for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (21%), Owatonna (16%) and Dodge Center (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 398 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 387 West Concord residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Concord.

387live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Concord goes to work

Rochester23 mi away

21%83

Owatonna17.1 mi away

16%63

Dodge Center8.9 mi away

7%28

Faribault21.3 mi away

4%14

West Concord (in town)right here

3%11

Kenyon9.3 mi away

2%9

Claremont6.7 mi away

2%9

Byron15.1 mi away

2%8

Kasson11.2 mi away

2%8

Minneapolis58.9 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%157

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

How far

How far West Concord commutes

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

19%

55%

17%

19%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Concord is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Concord are

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

Jobs based in West Concord

137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs West Concord residents hold

398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+11%

Jobs based in West Concord, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 137. 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.