Work & commute · Hayfield

Work & commute in Hayfield, MN

Most working residents leave Hayfield for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (41%), Hayfield (10%) and Dodge Center (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 268 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 268 Hayfield residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hayfield.

268live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hayfield goes to work

Rochester20.9 mi away

41%110

Hayfield0.7 mi away

10%26

Dodge Center9.5 mi away

4%12

Austin16.2 mi away

4%10

Minneapolis76.8 mi away

3%8

Byron15 mi away

3%7

Owatonna23.2 mi away

3%7

Blooming Prairie9.8 mi away

2%6

Mankato58.6 mi away

1%4

Marshall150.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%75

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

How far

How far Hayfield commutes

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

15%

59%

21%

15%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hayfield is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hayfield are

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

Jobs based in Hayfield

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hayfield residents hold

268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−67%

Jobs based in Hayfield, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 55. 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.