Most of Winton commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Winton has 9 jobs, against 58 working residents. Hardly any stay in Winton for work; outside it, Ely is the main destination (24%, 3 miles). Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Winton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Winton on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Winton’s working residents head each day
Where Winton clocks in
24% of workers
10% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Winton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winton, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 9. 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 Winton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Winton, about 13 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winton workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 51 commuters (the 4% 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.
Where in the region Winton works
About 41% 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.
Winton and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Morse Township (9%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winton | – | — | — | 13 min | $52,250 |
| Morse Township | 9% | C+ | C− | 16 min | $80,815 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winton’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 Winton: questions
What is the median household income in Winton?
$52,250 (±$15,672) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winton?
10.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winton?
13 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ely (24%, 3 mi), Biwabik (10%, 37 mi), Morse Township (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winton 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 Winton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winton
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.