Work & commute · Hayfield

Work & commute in Hayfield, MN

Most working residents leave Hayfield for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (36%), Dodge Center (4%) and Owatonna (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

88 of 700 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 612 Hayfield residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 492 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hayfield.

612live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

492work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hayfield goes to work

Rochester20.2 mi away

36%252

Hayfield (in town)right here

13%88

Dodge Center9.6 mi away

4%31

Owatonna23.8 mi away

4%25

Blooming Prairie10.5 mi away

3%23

Austin16.4 mi away

2%17

Byron14.5 mi away

2%16

Stewartville17.9 mi away

2%12

Kasson11 mi away

2%11

Minneapolis77 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%214

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.

19%

60%

15%

19%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hayfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hayfield are

580 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

580 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hayfield residents hold

700 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+35%

Jobs based in Hayfield, 2013 → 2023: 431 → 580. 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.