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Work & commute in Winthrop, MN

Most working residents leave Winthrop for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New Ulm (11%), Gaylord (10%) and Hutchinson (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
55 of 578 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 523 Winthrop residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 411 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winthrop.

523live here, work elsewhere
55live and work here
411work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Winthrop goes to work

GibbonWinthropFairfaxGaylordCourtlandGlencoeLe SueurSt. PeterHutchinsonNew UlmSt. PaulAlfsborgBismarckCornishTransitMoltkeNew UlmGaylordHutchinsonGibbonSt. PeterSt. PaulTransitGlencoeLe SueurWinthrop
1
New Ulm16.8 mi away
11%63
2
Gaylord7.3 mi away
10%56
3
Winthrop (in town)right here
10%55
4
Hutchinson23.7 mi away
6%37
5
Gibbon8.1 mi away
3%18
6
St. Peter24.3 mi away
2%11
7
St. Paul67.7 mi away
2%11
8
Transit3.9 mi away
2%11
9
Glencoe18.8 mi away
2%10
10
Le Sueur23.1 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%296

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

How far

How far Winthrop 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
34%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Winthrop is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Winthrop are

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

Jobs based in Winthrop

466 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%
Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Winthrop residents hold

578 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)32%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+9%

Jobs based in Winthrop, 2013 → 2023: 427 → 466. 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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