Rochester

City Commute Profile

Rochester, MN

Where Rochester’s 66,463 resident workers go each day — 75.2% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Minneapolis.

MinnesotaLODES 2023 data
82
Commute Score

82 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Rochester at a glance
Employed Residents
66,463
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
20.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
75.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Minneapolis
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Rochester proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Rochester commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Rochester

66,463 commutes, one dot at a time

Rochester

Where 66,463 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Rochester, by worker count.

1Rochester0.0 mi49,997
2Minneapolis75.6 mi1,355
3Stewartville11.6 mi663
4Eden Prairie75.1 mi610
5St. Paul71.4 mi535
6Winona41.5 mi458
7Byron8.4 mi429
8Bloomington69.4 mi391

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Rochester.

1Rochester0.0 mi49,997
2Byron8.4 mi2,485
3Stewartville11.6 mi2,095
4Kasson13.7 mi2,008
5Pine Island14.4 mi1,046
6Austin35.2 mi1,011
7St. Charles20.9 mi862
8Plainview18.0 mi830

Top industries

The sectors that employ Rochester’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance55.1%
RTRetail Trade8.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.8%
MFManufacturing5.1%
EDEducational Services4.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.9%
PAPublic Administration2.9%
COConstruction2.8%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)2.2%

Rochester city profile

Who lives in Rochester — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
122,330
Median age
36.3yrs
Median household income
$89,389
Median home value
$310,500
Median gross rent
$1,399/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
50.9%
Poverty rate
8.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Rochester

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

12 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Rochester

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).