Work & commute · Hinckley

Work & commute in Hinckley, MN

About one in 4 of Hinckley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pine City (9%), Sandstone (5%) and Mora (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

210 of 830 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 620 Hinckley residents head out of town to work, 210 work right here, and 1,531 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hinckley.

620live here, work elsewhere

210live and work here

1,531work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hinckley goes to work

Hinckley (in town)right here

25%210

Pine City12.2 mi away

9%77

Sandstone8.3 mi away

5%41

Mora20.4 mi away

5%39

Rush City22.6 mi away

3%26

Kathio40.6 mi away

3%23

Minneapolis74.5 mi away

2%18

Forest Lake52.7 mi away

2%13

Duluth64.4 mi away

2%13

Cambridge34.7 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%358

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

How far

How far Hinckley commutes

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

34%

23%

13%

30%

34%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hinckley is a job hub

2.10jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hinckley are

1,741 jobs are based in Hinckley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hinckley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hinckley

1,741 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Hinckley residents hold

830 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−31%

Jobs based in Hinckley, 2013 → 2023: 2,530 → 1,741. 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.