Work & commute · Hale

Work & commute in Hale, MN

Most working residents leave Hale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Winsted (10%), Hutchinson (9%) and Howard Lake (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 452 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 450 Hale residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hale.

450live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hale goes to work

Winsted7.6 mi away

10%46

Hutchinson9.2 mi away

9%42

Howard Lake10.9 mi away

6%28

Glencoe11.4 mi away

6%28

Waconia21 mi away

3%13

St. Paul53.6 mi away

3%13

Eden Prairie36.7 mi away

3%12

Silver Lake1.9 mi away

2%11

Plymouth36.6 mi away

2%11

Lester Prairie8.6 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%238

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

How far

How far Hale commutes

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

29%

30%

11%

29%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hale is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hale are

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

Jobs based in Hale

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Hale residents hold

452 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−77%

Jobs based in Hale, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 27. 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.