Work & commute · Westbrook

Work & commute in Westbrook, MN

Most working residents leave Westbrook for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Windom (15%), Lamberton (4%) and Marshall (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

42 of 331 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 289 Westbrook residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westbrook.

289live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westbrook goes to work

Windom19.6 mi away

15%51

Westbrook (in town)right here

13%42

Lamberton15.5 mi away

4%12

Marshall33.1 mi away

3%10

Slayton16.3 mi away

3%9

Mankato73.1 mi away

3%9

Great Bend15.8 mi away

3%9

Walnut Grove12.8 mi away

2%7

Worthington29.7 mi away

2%6

Sioux Falls, SD73.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%170

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

How far

How far Westbrook commutes

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

17%

38%

17%

28%

17%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westbrook is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westbrook are

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

Jobs based in Westbrook

241 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Westbrook residents hold

331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−23%

Jobs based in Westbrook, 2013 → 2023: 311 → 241. 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.