Work & commute · Battle Plain

Work & commute in Battle Plain, MN

Most working residents leave Battle Plain for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Luverne (23%), Sioux Falls (20%) and Beaver Creek (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 87 Battle Plain residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Battle Plain.

87live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Battle Plain goes to work

Luverne12.5 mi away

23%20

Sioux Falls, SD36.8 mi away

20%17

Beaver Creek19.1 mi away

3%3

Edgerton4.4 mi away

3%3

Marshall46.4 mi away

3%3

Luverne15 mi away

3%3

Pipestone16.2 mi away

2%2

Worthington28.2 mi away

2%2

New Ulm88 mi away

2%2

Albert Lea137.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%30

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Battle Plain commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

17%

28%

33%

22%

17%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Battle Plain is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.08 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Battle Plain are

7 jobs are based in Battle Plain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Battle Plain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Battle Plain

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less57%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Battle Plain residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−85%

Jobs based in Battle Plain, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 7. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.