Vermillion has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
5% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%). Vermillion has 104 jobs; 215 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Vermillion itself; outside it, Minneapolis draws the most (9%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Vermillion in brief
Short hops and long hauls from Vermillion
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 many people are in Vermillion by day
On a workday 215 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Vermillion 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 the trip to work from Vermillion ends
Where Vermillion clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Vermillion
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vermillion, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 104. 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 Vermillion’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Vermillion
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vermillion workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 175 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.
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 Vermillion: questions
What is the median household income in Vermillion?
$107,188 (±$29,446) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vermillion?
9.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vermillion?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vermillion work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (9%, 25 mi), Hastings (8%, 7 mi), St. Paul (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vermillion without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vermillion, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vermillion
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.