Work & commute · Belle Creek

Work & commute in Belle Creek, MN

Most working residents leave Belle Creek for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Red Wing (19%), Rochester (10%) and Goodhue (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 245 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 244 Belle Creek residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belle Creek.

244live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belle Creek goes to work

Red Wing12.7 mi away

19%47

Rochester30.4 mi away

10%24

Goodhue5 mi away

7%18

Cannon Falls10.6 mi away

5%12

Minneapolis46.2 mi away

3%8

Lake City21.9 mi away

2%6

Goodhue5.5 mi away

2%6

Zumbrota8.9 mi away

2%5

St. Paul41.2 mi away

2%5

Northfield22.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%110

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

How far

How far Belle Creek commutes

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

17%

36%

33%

15%

17%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belle Creek is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belle Creek are

40 jobs are based in Belle Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belle Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belle Creek

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Belle Creek residents hold

245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−78%

Jobs based in Belle Creek, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 40. 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.