Work & commute · Zumbrota

Work & commute in Zumbrota, MN

Most working residents leave Zumbrota for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (31%), Wanamingo (4%) and Red Wing (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

293 of 2,066 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,773 Zumbrota residents head out of town to work, 293 work right here, and 1,388 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zumbrota.

1,773live here, work elsewhere

293live and work here

1,388work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zumbrota goes to work

Rochester21.7 mi away

31%637

Zumbrota (in town)right here

14%293

Wanamingo5.7 mi away

4%85

Red Wing20 mi away

4%73

Pine Island7.1 mi away

3%54

Minneapolis54.7 mi away

2%47

St. Paul49.9 mi away

2%46

Goodhue7.6 mi away

2%38

Cannon Falls18.7 mi away

1%28

Bloomington48.6 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%737

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

How far

How far Zumbrota commutes

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

26%

42%

14%

18%

26%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zumbrota 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 Zumbrota are

1,681 jobs are based in Zumbrota. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Zumbrota’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Zumbrota

1,681 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Zumbrota residents hold

2,066 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+64%

Jobs based in Zumbrota, 2013 → 2023: 1,023 → 1,681. 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.