Benjamin Ellsworth House · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Utica has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Employers in Utica report 46 jobs, and 117 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Utica; the top destination outside it is Winona (23%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Utica on a workday afternoon
On a workday 117 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Utica on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 Utica work
Where Utica clocks in
23% of workers
19% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 39% of the jobs in Utica
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Utica, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 46. 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 Utica’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Utica takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Utica workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 101 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 Utica goes to work
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.
Around Utica: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Utica workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utica | – | — | — | 23 min | $73,125 |
| Utica Township | under 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Utica Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Utica’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 Utica: questions
What is the median household income in Utica?
$73,125 (±$9,736) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Utica?
8.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Utica?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Utica work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winona (23%, 15 mi), Rochester (19%, 26 mi), Lewiston (14%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Utica without a car?
3% 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 Utica, from the people who make the trip.
More of Utica
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.