Work & commute · Hay Creek

Work & commute in Hay Creek, MN

Most working residents leave Hay Creek for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Red Wing (30%), Lake City (14%) and Rochester (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 442 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 440 Hay Creek residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hay Creek.

440live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hay Creek goes to work

Red Wing7.7 mi away

30%134

Lake City11.4 mi away

14%62

Rochester33.6 mi away

9%39

St. Paul42.9 mi away

4%16

Goodhue9.3 mi away

3%13

Minneapolis49.5 mi away

3%13

Bloomington46.1 mi away

2%8

Belvidere4.8 mi away

2%8

Minnetonka55.8 mi away

2%7

Zumbrota16.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%136

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

How far

How far Hay Creek commutes

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

39%

19%

26%

16%

39%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hay Creek is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hay Creek are

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

Jobs based in Hay Creek

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Hay Creek residents hold

442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+118%

Jobs based in Hay Creek, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 83. 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.