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Jobs & commute in Pickwick

For more than half of its working residents, Pickwick is a commute to Winona

0% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Hardly any work in Pickwick itself; outside it, Winona draws the most (58%, 10 miles). The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Pickwick: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 77 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

77live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night170
Workday96
170live here− 77head out to work+ 2come in to work= 96on a workday

About 96 people are in Pickwick on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.03 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.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Pickwick ends

Houston: 1 residents work here (1%)Goodview: 1 residents work here (1%)Caledonia: 1 residents work here (1%)La Crescent: 1 residents work here (1%)Anoka: 1 residents work here (1%)White Bear Lake: 1 residents work here (1%)VirginiaWinona: 45 residents work here (58%)Rochester: 5 residents work here (6%)La Crosse: 9 residents work here (12%)La Crescent Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Wilson TownshipPickwickWinonaLa CrosseRochesterLa Crescent TownshipHoustonGoodviewPickwick
1
Winona9.9 mi away
58%45
2
La Crosse, WI17.3 mi away
12%9
3
Rochester49 mi away
6%5
43%2
5
Houston16.2 mi away
1%1
6
Goodview12.5 mi away
1%1
7
Caledonia24 mi away
1%1
8
La Crescent14.1 mi away
1%1
9
Anoka126.4 mi away
1%1
10
White Bear Lake105.8 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
13%10
The top trips

Where Pickwick clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Goods jobs make up 100% of work in Pickwick

2 jobs are based in Pickwick.

Jobs based in PickwickJobs Pickwick residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%22%
Trade, transport & utilities0%22%
Services: health, schools, offices0%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%19%
Over $3,333 a month0%53%

Who does it

29 or younger0%27%
30 to 5450%42%
55 and older50%31%
−33%

Jobs based in Pickwick, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 2. 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 Pickwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From Pickwick, about 26 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
199 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Pickwick26 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Pickwick workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Pickwick gets to work
89%Drive alone
11%Carpool

Share of the 92 commuters (the 0% 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

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pickwick

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWinona: 58% · 9.9 miLa Crosse: 12% · 17.3 miRochester: 6% · 49 miLa Crescent Township: 3% · 14.7 miHouston: 1% · 16.2 miGoodview: 1% · 12.5 miCaledonia: 1% · 24 miLa Crescent: 1% · 14.1 miAnoka: 1% · 126.4 miWhite Bear Lake: 1% · 105.8 miWinona 58%La Crosse 12%Rochester 6%La Crescent Township 3%Houston 1%Pickwick
PickwickTop destinations (size = commuters)
55%Under 10 mi42 residents
30%10–24 mi23 residents
6%25–50 mi5 residents
9%Over 50 mi7 residents

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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Pickwick: questions

What is the median household income in Pickwick?

$87,647 (±$40,479) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Pickwick?

2.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Pickwick?

26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Pickwick work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Pickwick 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 Pickwick, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Pickwick

Pickwick home →

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.