Work & commute · Westport

Work & commute in Westport, MN

Most working residents leave Westport for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (19%), Glenwood (15%) and Villard (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 27 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27 Westport residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westport.

27live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westport goes to work

Alexandria15.1 mi away

19%5

Glenwood11.1 mi away

15%4

Villard4.9 mi away

7%2

Fargo, ND112.3 mi away

7%2

Glenwood10.3 mi away

7%2

Granite Falls65.3 mi away

4%1

Sauk Centre10.5 mi away

4%1

Golden Valley101.1 mi away

4%1

Monticello72.9 mi away

4%1

Willmar41.3 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%7

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.

52%

33%

7%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westport is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Westport are

23 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

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Westport residents hold

27 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−38%

Jobs based in Westport, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 23. 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.