Rose Creek has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 5% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. 54 jobs are based in Rose Creek, and 178 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Rose Creek itself; outside it, Austin draws the most (36%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Rose Creek by day
On a workday 177 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Rose Creek on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Rose Creek to work: where people go
Where Rose Creek clocks in
36% of workers
13% 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.
Rose Creek is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rose Creek, 2014 → 2024: 78 → 54. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rose Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes to work from Rose Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rose Creek workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 203 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Rose Creek
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Rose Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Rose Creek?
$81,875 (±$25,497) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rose Creek?
7.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rose Creek?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rose Creek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (36%, 9 mi), Rochester (13%, 33 mi), Dodge Center (3%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rose Creek 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 Rose Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rose Creek
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.