Work & commute · Winsted

Work & commute in Winsted, MN

Most working residents leave Winsted for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Hutchinson (8%), Glencoe (6%) and Eden Prairie (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

132 of 1,121 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 989 Winsted residents head out of town to work, 132 work right here, and 1,246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winsted.

989live here, work elsewhere

132live and work here

1,246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winsted goes to work

Winsted (in town)right here

12%132

Hutchinson16.8 mi away

8%94

Glencoe13.9 mi away

6%63

Eden Prairie29.9 mi away

4%45

Howard Lake6.6 mi away

4%44

Waconia15.1 mi away

4%43

Lester Prairie5.2 mi away

2%27

Chanhassen24.8 mi away

2%27

Silver Lake8.2 mi away

2%23

Delano13.7 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%600

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.

25%

35%

31%

25%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winsted is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Winsted are

1,378 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

1,378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Winsted residents hold

1,121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+44%

Jobs based in Winsted, 2013 → 2023: 960 → 1,378. 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.