Work & commute · Chatham

Work & commute in Chatham, MN

Most working residents leave Chatham for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (21%), Minneapolis (6%) and Plymouth (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 633 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 628 Chatham residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chatham.

628live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chatham goes to work

Buffalo4.8 mi away

21%133

Minneapolis36.5 mi away

6%37

Plymouth26.1 mi away

4%25

Eden Prairie32.7 mi away

3%22

Maple Lake5.3 mi away

3%21

Maple Grove24.6 mi away

3%21

Monticello12.3 mi away

3%20

St. Michael13.4 mi away

3%17

St. Paul44.3 mi away

3%16

St. Cloud27.1 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%307

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

How far

How far Chatham commutes

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

30%

23%

42%

30%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chatham is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chatham are

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

Jobs based in Chatham

172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Chatham residents hold

633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+72%

Jobs based in Chatham, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 172. 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.