Francis H. Bartlett House · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0About half of Wykoff’s working residents commute to Rochester
Hardly any work in Wykoff; the top destination outside it is Rochester (47%, 24 miles). At home: 3% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%). The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Wykoff apart
Nearly half of Wykoff works in Rochester
102 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Rochester, 24 miles away. That’s far more as work in Wykoff itself. The commute map ↓
Wykoff is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Wykoff, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wykoff has about 250 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Wykoff workers work from home
Only 3% 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 218 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Wykoff’s residents
Where Wykoff clocks in
47% of workers
6% 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.
Wykoff on a workday afternoon
On a workday 218 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Wykoff on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wykoff workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 203 commuters (the 3% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Wykoff
30 jobs are based in Wykoff.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wykoff, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 30. 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 Wykoff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Wykoff’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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 Wykoff: questions
What is the median household income in Wykoff?
$65,446 (±$9,315) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wykoff?
8.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wykoff?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wykoff work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Wykoff 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 Wykoff, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wykoff
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.