Work & commute · Westline

Work & commute in Westline, MN

Most working residents leave Westline for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Redwood Falls (10%), Marshall (10%) and Walnut Grove (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 63 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 63 Westline residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westline.

63live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westline goes to work

Redwood Falls22.9 mi away

10%6

Marshall12.8 mi away

10%6

Walnut Grove13.9 mi away

6%4

Lucan6 mi away

5%3

Lamberton18.6 mi away

5%3

Wabasso13.7 mi away

5%3

Springfield30 mi away

3%2

Canby41.6 mi away

3%2

Tracy13.3 mi away

3%2

St. Paul124.7 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%30

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

How far

How far Westline commutes

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

10%

48%

13%

30%

10%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westline is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westline are

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

Jobs based in Westline

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month75%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Westline residents hold

63 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−50%

Jobs based in Westline, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 4. 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.