Work & commute · Chatfield

Work & commute in Chatfield, MN

Most working residents leave Chatfield for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (50%), Preston (3%) and Eyota (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

146 of 1,519 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,373 Chatfield residents head out of town to work, 146 work right here, and 885 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chatfield.

1,373live here, work elsewhere

146live and work here

885work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chatfield goes to work

Rochester18.8 mi away

50%754

Chatfield (in town)right here

10%146

Preston12.9 mi away

3%47

Eyota10.2 mi away

3%39

Stewartville15.3 mi away

2%27

St. Charles10.5 mi away

2%26

Spring Valley14.9 mi away

2%23

Fountain7.4 mi away

1%18

Minneapolis94.1 mi away

1%18

Eyota9.9 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%406

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

How far

How far Chatfield commutes

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

17%

65%

12%

17%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chatfield is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chatfield are

1,031 jobs are based in Chatfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chatfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chatfield

1,031 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Chatfield residents hold

1,519 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−15%

Jobs based in Chatfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,209 → 1,031. 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.