Work & commute · Coates

Work & commute in Coates, MN

Most working residents leave Coates for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (8%), Hastings (5%) and Farmington (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 78 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 77 Coates residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coates.

77live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coates goes to work

St. Paul16.5 mi away

8%6

Hastings8.8 mi away

5%4

Farmington7.7 mi away

5%4

Rosemount2.8 mi away

5%4

Northfield19.2 mi away

4%3

Oakdale19.1 mi away

4%3

Apple Valley8.5 mi away

4%3

Edina20.1 mi away

4%3

Lakeville11.1 mi away

4%3

Eagan9.4 mi away

4%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%42

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

How far

How far Coates commutes

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

29%

54%

29%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coates is a job hub

3.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Coates are

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

Jobs based in Coates

237 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Coates residents hold

78 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−4%

Jobs based in Coates, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 237. 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.