Work & commute · Brookfield

Work & commute in Brookfield, MN

Most working residents leave Brookfield for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hutchinson (22%), Buffalo Lake (9%) and Hector (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 67 Brookfield residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookfield.

67live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookfield goes to work

Hutchinson15 mi away

22%15

Buffalo Lake9.2 mi away

9%6

Hector8.5 mi away

7%5

St. Paul77.4 mi away

6%4

Glencoe26.8 mi away

3%2

Plato32.1 mi away

1%1

Grove City19.8 mi away

1%1

Watkins34 mi away

1%1

Stewart13.5 mi away

1%1

Dennison87 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%30

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

How far

How far Brookfield commutes

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

18%

36%

16%

30%

18%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookfield is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookfield are

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

Jobs based in Brookfield

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Brookfield residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−19%

Jobs based in Brookfield, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 34. 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.