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Work & commute · Winsted

Work & commute in Winsted, MN

Most working residents leave Winsted for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Winsted (13%), Hutchinson (9%) and Glencoe (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
16 of 464 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 448 Winsted residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winsted.

448live here, work elsewhere
16live and work here
205work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Winsted goes to work

Silver LakeLester PrairieMayerCokatoWaverlyWinstedHoward LakeGlencoeWaconiaBuffaloHutchinsonPlymouthSt. PaulBergenHollywoodVictorHaleWinstedWinstedHutchinsonGlencoeHoward LakeBuffaloWaconiaCokatoPlymouthSt. PaulWinsted
1
Winsted2.1 mi away
13%59
2
Hutchinson15.2 mi away
9%41
3
Glencoe11.9 mi away
8%39
4
Howard Lake8.3 mi away
5%23
5
Winsted (in town)right here
3%16
6
Buffalo19.9 mi away
3%14
7
Waconia15.3 mi away
3%13
8
Cokato11.3 mi away
2%11
9
Plymouth30.5 mi away
2%11
10
St. Paul47.5 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%226

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

How far

How far Winsted commutes

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

27%Under 10 mi
40%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
9%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Winsted is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Winsted are

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

Jobs based in Winsted

221 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)76%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)10%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Winsted residents hold

464 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)37%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month66%
−7%

Jobs based in Winsted, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 221. 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.

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