Work & commute · Winona

Work & commute in Winona, MN

60% of Winona’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Goodview (6%), Rochester (6%) and La Crosse (4%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60%

6,766 of 11,238 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 4,472 Winona residents head out of town to work, 6,766 work right here, and 10,794 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winona.

4,472live here, work elsewhere

6,766live and work here

10,794work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winona goes to work

Winona (in town)right here

60%6,766

Goodview2.6 mi away

6%704

Rochester40.3 mi away

6%632

La Crosse, WI27 mi away

4%395

Minneapolis100.9 mi away

1%111

Lewiston11.1 mi away

1%100

Onalaska, WI25.6 mi away

1%87

St. Paul94.1 mi away

1%77

Eden Prairie104.1 mi away

1%74

Bloomington97.4 mi away

1%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%2,227

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

How far

How far Winona commutes

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

68%

12%

15%

68%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winona is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Winona are

17,560 jobs are based in Winona. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winona’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winona

17,560 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Winona residents hold

11,238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−4%

Jobs based in Winona, 2013 → 2023: 18,222 → 17,560. 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.