Welcome has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
174 jobs are based in Welcome, against 349 working residents. Only 5% work in Welcome; the top destination outside it is Fairmont (31%, 7 miles). At home: 2% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Welcome and work: the main findings
Welcome and Fairmont trade workers both ways
Fairmont is the top workplace for Welcome residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Welcome come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Welcome than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Welcome fell from 330 in 2013 to 174 in 2023, −47%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Welcome workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 349 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Welcome ends
Where Welcome clocks in
31% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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: 52% of the jobs in Welcome
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Welcome, 2013 → 2023: 330 → 174. 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 Welcome’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Welcome’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Welcome workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 414 commuters (the 2% 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.
In and out of Welcome on a workday
On a workday 331 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Welcome on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Half of Welcome commutes less than 14 miles
About 22% 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.
Around Welcome: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Welcome workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome | – | — | — | 20 min | $49,167 |
| Rolling Green Township | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Manyaska Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Fox Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rolling Green Township, Manyaska Township and Fox Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Welcome’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 Welcome: questions
What is the median household income in Welcome?
$49,167 (±$18,768) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Welcome?
18.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Welcome?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Welcome work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairmont (31%, 7 mi), Mankato (9%, 47 mi), Marshall (4%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Welcome 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 Welcome, from the people who make the trip.
More of Welcome
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.