Work & commute · Dover

Work & commute in Dover, MN

Most working residents leave Dover for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (56%), Eyota (8%) and Chatfield (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 225 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 224 Dover residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dover.

224live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dover goes to work

Rochester17.1 mi away

56%126

Eyota4.7 mi away

8%17

Chatfield9.4 mi away

3%7

St. Charles4 mi away

2%5

Plainview13 mi away

1%3

Goodview21.8 mi away

1%3

Burnsville78.3 mi away

1%3

Eyota6 mi away

1%3

St. Louis Park90.3 mi away

1%2

Marshall183.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%54

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

How far

How far Dover commutes

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

16%

68%

14%

16%Under 10 mi

68%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dover is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dover are

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

Jobs based in Dover

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Dover residents hold

225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−47%

Jobs based in Dover, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 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.