Work & commute · Middleville

Work & commute in Middleville, MN

Most working residents leave Middleville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Howard Lake (12%), Winsted (5%) and Buffalo (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 484 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 479 Middleville residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middleville.

479live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middleville goes to work

Howard Lake4.3 mi away

12%57

Winsted10.9 mi away

5%26

Buffalo10.7 mi away

5%24

Cokato6.6 mi away

5%22

Minneapolis40.2 mi away

5%22

Bloomington41.6 mi away

4%19

Delano14.2 mi away

4%18

Plymouth30 mi away

3%16

Maple Lake8.5 mi away

3%13

Victor7.5 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%256

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

How far

How far Middleville commutes

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

29%

28%

37%

29%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middleville is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middleville are

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

Jobs based in Middleville

145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Middleville residents hold

484 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+169%

Jobs based in Middleville, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 145. 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.