Work & commute · Westerheim

Work & commute in Westerheim, MN

Most working residents leave Westerheim for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (36%), Minneota (15%) and Cottonwood (11%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 91 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 89 Westerheim residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westerheim.

89live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westerheim goes to work

Marshall11.9 mi away

36%33

Minneota3.8 mi away

15%14

Cottonwood11.9 mi away

11%10

Clarkfield14.7 mi away

2%2

Montevideo26.6 mi away

2%2

St. Paul140.3 mi away

2%2

Westerheim (in town)right here

2%2

Eidsvold5.1 mi away

2%2

St. Leo10.8 mi away

1%1

Ghent5.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%22

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

How far

How far Westerheim commutes

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

27%

49%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westerheim is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westerheim are

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

Jobs based in Westerheim

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Westerheim residents hold

91 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−11%

Jobs based in Westerheim, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 25. 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.