Hammond has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Hammond report 6 jobs, against 68 working residents. Hardly any work in Hammond itself; outside it, Rochester draws the most (43%, 15 miles). 8% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Hammond, and who commutes in
On a workday 68 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 71 people are in Hammond on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Hammond work
Where Hammond clocks in
43% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Hammond
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hammond, 2013 → 2023: 217 → 6. 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 Hammond’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hammond: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hammond workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 71 commuters (the 8% 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 Hammond goes to work
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
How Hammond compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hammond workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond | – | — | — | 25 min | $58,438 |
| Zumbro Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Hyde Park Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Zumbro Township and Hyde Park Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hammond’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 Hammond: questions
What is the median household income in Hammond?
$58,438 (±$12,872) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hammond?
10.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hammond?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hammond work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (43%, 15 mi), Lake City (9%, 16 mi), Zumbrota (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hammond without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hammond, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hammond
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.