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Jobs & commute in Winsted Township

With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Winsted Township works elsewhere

Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S. Winsted Township has 221 jobs, against 464 working residents. Only 3% work in Winsted Township itself; outside it, Winsted draws the most (13%, 2 miles).

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

221 jobs based here
Household income
$104K
median · Minnesota $89K
Poverty
5.6%
Minnesota 9.3%
Unemployment
2.5%
Minnesota 4.1% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
27 min
Minnesota 23 · U.S. 26
Work in town
3%
16 of 464 working residents
Work from home
14%
Minnesota 18% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

How a workday changes Winsted Township

On a workday 448 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere.

448live here, work elsewhere
16live and work here
205work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night930
Workday690
930live here− 450head out to work+ 210come in to work= 690on a workday

About 690 people are in Winsted Township on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.48jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Commuting out of Winsted Township: the destinations

Silver LakeLester PrairieMayerCokato: 11 residents work here (2%)WaverlyWinsted: 59 residents work here (13%)Howard Lake: 23 residents work here (5%)Glencoe: 39 residents work here (8%)Waconia: 13 residents work here (3%)Buffalo: 14 residents work here (3%)Hutchinson: 41 residents work here (9%)Plymouth: 11 residents work here (2%)St. Paul: 11 residents work here (2%)Bergen TownshipHollywood TownshipVictor TownshipHale TownshipWinsted TownshipWinstedHutchinsonGlencoeHoward LakeBuffaloWaconiaWinsted Township
1
Winsted2.1 mi away
13%59
2
Hutchinson15.2 mi away
9%41
3
Glencoe11.9 mi away
8%39
4
Howard Lake8.3 mi away
5%23
5
Winsted Township (in town)right here
3%16
6
Buffalo19.9 mi away
3%14
7
Waconia15.3 mi away
3%13
8
Cokato11.3 mi away
2%11
9
Plymouth30.5 mi away
2%11
10
St. Paul47.5 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%226
The top trips

Where Winsted Township clocks in

13% of workers
2.1 mi awayWinsted59 Winsted Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
9% of workers
15.2 mi awayHutchinson41 Winsted Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
11.9 mi awayGlencoe39 Winsted Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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

Making and building: 76% of jobs based in Winsted Township

Jobs based in Winsted TownshipJobs Winsted Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms76%37%
Trade, transport & utilities14%13%
Services: health, schools, offices10%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less14%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%19%
Over $3,333 a month68%66%

Who does it

29 or younger30%23%
30 to 5447%50%
55 and older23%27%
−7%

Jobs based in Winsted Township, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 221. 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 Winsted Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes to work from Winsted Township

A year of commuting
207 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Winsted Township27 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
14%

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

About 1 in 10
How Winsted Township gets to work
89%Drive alone
8%Carpool
1%Walk
1%Other

Share of the 405 commuters (the 14% 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

How far it is to work from Winsted Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi55 miWinsted: 13% · 2.1 miHutchinson: 9% · 15.2 miGlencoe: 8% · 11.9 miHoward Lake: 5% · 8.3 miBuffalo: 3% · 19.9 miWaconia: 3% · 15.3 miCokato: 2% · 11.3 miPlymouth: 2% · 30.5 miSt. Paul: 2% · 47.5 miWinsted 13%Hutchinson 9%Glencoe 8%Howard Lake 5%Buffalo 3%Winsted Township
Winsted TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
27%Under 10 mi125 residents
40%10–24 mi187 residents
24%25–50 mi110 residents
9%Over 50 mi42 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.

Next door

Winsted Township and the towns next door

Hale Township: few work hereHollywood Township: few work hereVictor Township: few work hereBergen Township: few work hereHale TownshipHollywood TownshipVictor TownshipBergen TownshipWinsted Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Bergen Township22 min
Hollywood Township26 min
Winsted Township27 min
Victor Township28 min
Hale Township33 min
Hale Townshipunder 3% of Winsted TownshipHollywood Townshipunder 3% of Winsted TownshipVictor Townshipunder 3% of Winsted TownshipBergen Townshipunder 3% of Winsted Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownWinsted Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Winsted Township–——27 min$104,375
Hale Townshipunder 3%——33 min—
Hollywood Townshipunder 3%B+C+26 min$83,917
Victor Townshipunder 3%B−D−28 min$87,946
Bergen Townshipunder 3%——22 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Hale Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Bergen Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Winsted Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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 Winsted Township: questions

What is the median household income in Winsted Township?

$104,375 (±$21,846) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Winsted Township?

5.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Winsted Township?

27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Winsted Township work?

3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winsted (13%, 2 mi), Hutchinson (9%, 15 mi), Glencoe (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Winsted Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Winsted Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

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RankingsTop towns in MNShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.