Work & commute · Woodville

Work & commute in Woodville, MN

Most working residents leave Woodville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Waseca (29%), Owatonna (17%) and Mankato (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 571 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 559 Woodville residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodville.

559live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

175work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodville goes to work

Waseca2.9 mi away

29%166

Owatonna11.1 mi away

17%98

Mankato27 mi away

10%56

Faribault18.5 mi away

5%30

North Mankato30.3 mi away

2%13

Janesville13.4 mi away

2%12

Woodville (in town)right here

2%12

St. Paul63.6 mi away

2%10

Bloomington53.5 mi away

1%6

Otisco5.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%162

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

How far

How far Woodville commutes

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

35%

36%

14%

15%

35%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodville is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodville are

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

Jobs based in Woodville

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Woodville residents hold

571 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+45%

Jobs based in Woodville, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 187. 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.