Work & commute · Westport

Work & commute in Westport, MN

Most working residents leave Westport for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (17%), Glenwood (13%) and Glenwood (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 112 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 109 Westport residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westport.

109live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westport goes to work

Alexandria14 mi away

17%19

Glenwood9.6 mi away

13%15

Glenwood9 mi away

10%11

Sauk Centre12.2 mi away

4%5

Villard3.2 mi away

4%4

Fargo, ND111.1 mi away

4%4

Benson33.8 mi away

3%3

Westport (in town)right here

3%3

Bangor12.5 mi away

3%3

Carlos18.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%43

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

How far

How far Westport commutes

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

16%

54%

24%

16%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westport is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westport are

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

Jobs based in Westport

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Westport residents hold

112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+7%

Jobs based in Westport, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 74. 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.