Kasson Public School · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY 4.0More than half of Kasson’s working residents commute to Rochester
Jobs and income earn Kasson B+; getting around on foot earns it A−. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 0.6 in Rochester. Only 8% work in Kasson itself; outside it, Rochester draws the most (53%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kasson: the figures worth knowing
More than half of Kasson works in Rochester
1,920 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Rochester, 14 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Kasson itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Kasson
72% of Kasson residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 49% of the jobs based in Kasson pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Kasson is a place people come home to
There are 1,070 jobs based in Kasson, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kasson has about 4,800 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
How Kasson earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kasson is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #143 of 273 in Minnesota. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kasson could be anywhere from B− to A.
The towns that employ Kasson’s residents
Where Kasson clocks in
53% 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.
What the 1,070 jobs in Kasson are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kasson, 2013 → 2023: 1,287 → 1,070. 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 Kasson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Kasson
On a workday 3,369 residents head out to work, 281 work right here, and 789 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Kasson on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.29 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 25 minutes each way, about the MN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kasson workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,940 commuters (the 14% 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.
Half of Kasson commutes less than 14 miles
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Kasson
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kasson is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #84 of 273 in Minnesota. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Minnesota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,413 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 90% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 90% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.8% of Kasson households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Kasson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Kasson is 1,080th among 3,154 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Elko New Market MN | 5,300 | $152K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Albertville MN | 8,544 | $133K | 1.1% | 0.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Credit River MN | 5,644 | $143K | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,078 | Pleasant Valley NY | 9,822 | $102K | 6.5% | 3.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,079 | Bellevue KY | 5,847 | $71K | 11.4% | 2.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,080 | Kasson MN | 7,350 | $93K | 5.5% | 3.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,081 | Satsuma AL | 6,851 | $101K | 5.2% | 5.0% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,082 | Canaan Township OH | 5,185 | $76K | 8.3% | 2.3% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,154 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Kasson, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door to Kasson
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kasson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasson | – | B+ | A− | 25 min | $93,333 |
| Mantorville Township | under 1% | A | B | 25 min | $122,436 |
| Canisteo Township | under 1% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Canisteo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kasson’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 Kasson: questions
What is the median household income in Kasson?
$93,333 (±$7,046) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kasson?
5.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kasson?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kasson work?
8% work in town.
Is Kasson walkable?
Kasson is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 13.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kasson without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 90% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kasson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kasson
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.