Work & commute · Zumbro Falls

Work & commute in Zumbro Falls, MN

Most working residents leave Zumbro Falls for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (33%), Zumbrota (8%) and Pine Island (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 72 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 71 Zumbro Falls residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zumbro Falls.

71live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zumbro Falls goes to work

Rochester19.1 mi away

33%24

Zumbrota12.2 mi away

8%6

Pine Island11.7 mi away

7%5

Lake City13.1 mi away

6%4

Plainview15.3 mi away

4%3

Minneapolis62.4 mi away

4%3

Wanamingo17.8 mi away

3%2

Lakeville48.7 mi away

3%2

Belvidere10.4 mi away

3%2

Elma, IA72 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%20

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

How far

How far Zumbro Falls commutes

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

72%

17%

6%Under 10 mi

72%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zumbro Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Zumbro Falls are

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

Jobs based in Zumbro Falls

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less52%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Zumbro Falls residents hold

72 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+20%

Jobs based in Zumbro Falls, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 61. 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.