Work & commute · Windom

Work & commute in Windom, MN

Most working residents leave Windom for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (39%), Rochester (15%) and Dodge Center (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 247 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 240 Windom residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Windom.

240live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

99work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Windom goes to work

Austin6.1 mi away

39%96

Rochester32.9 mi away

15%38

Dodge Center27.5 mi away

4%10

Windom (in town)right here

3%7

Red Rock6 mi away

3%7

Albert Lea24.8 mi away

2%6

Brownsdale7.6 mi away

2%5

Owatonna36.7 mi away

2%4

Cascade37.9 mi away

2%4

Hayfield18 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%67

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

How far

How far Windom commutes

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

47%

27%

18%

47%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Windom is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Windom are

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

Jobs based in Windom

106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Windom residents hold

247 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+39%

Jobs based in Windom, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 106. 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.