Photo: Calebrw · CC BY-SA 3.0Dundas has higher unemployment (11.7%) than 97% of U.S. towns
1.9% of residents are in poverty, next to 9.3% for Minnesota as a whole. Jobs and income earn Dundas B+; getting around on foot earns it B+. Measured by household income, Dundas is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Dundas: the gist
Jobs in Dundas have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Dundas went from 327 in 2013 to 870 in 2023, +166%. The jobs ↓
Dundas and Northfield trade workers both ways
Northfield is the top workplace for Dundas residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Dundas come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Dundas are in trade, transport and utilities, against 17% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 642 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Dundas
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dundas is better than 71% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Dundas’ grade up; unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dundas could be anywhere from B+ to A.
What the 870 jobs in Dundas are
870 jobs are based in Dundas.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dundas, 2013 → 2023: 327 → 870. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dundas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
28% of working residents work in Northfield
Where Dundas clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Dundas by day and by night
On a workday 631 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 859 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Dundas on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Dundas’ commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dundas workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 789 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Dundas’ workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Dundas: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dundas is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Dundas near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 956 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Dundas households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dundas’ commuters take a bus or train.
Dundas next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500: 1,135th of 5,656 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,133 | Hubbard WI | 1,785 | $91K | 6.5% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,134 | South Park WY | 2,093 | $116K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,135 | Dundas MN | 1,833 | $116K | 1.9% | 11.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,136 | Webster NH | 1,972 | $107K | 9.6% | 0.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,137 | Pavilion NY | 2,254 | $86K | 9.5% | 1.8% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dundas, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
28% of Dundas works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dundas workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundas | – | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $116,310 |
| Bridgewater Township | under 2% | A | C− | 26 min | $121,000 |
| Northfield | 28% | B | A | 18 min | $84,895 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Northfield. Darker towns draw more of Dundas’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dundas: questions
What is the median household income in Dundas?
$116,310 (±$11,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dundas?
1.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dundas?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dundas work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Northfield (28%, 2 mi), Faribault (7%, 10 mi), Minneapolis (5%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dundas walkable?
Dundas is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dundas without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dundas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dundas
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.