Work & commute · Pine Island

Work & commute in Pine Island, MN

Most working residents leave Pine Island for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (49%), Zumbrota (5%) and Byron (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

154 of 2,043 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,889 Pine Island residents head out of town to work, 154 work right here, and 997 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine Island.

1,889live here, work elsewhere

154live and work here

997work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pine Island goes to work

Rochester14.7 mi away

49%1,006

Pine Island (in town)right here

8%154

Zumbrota7.1 mi away

5%97

Byron11.1 mi away

2%43

St. Paul56.9 mi away

2%34

Minneapolis61.6 mi away

2%33

Red Wing26.5 mi away

1%23

Wanamingo10.7 mi away

1%22

Dodge Center16.2 mi away

1%16

Oronoco7.5 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%599

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

How far

How far Pine Island commutes

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

16%

57%

20%

16%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pine Island is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine Island are

1,151 jobs are based in Pine Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pine Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pine Island

1,151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Pine Island residents hold

2,043 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+37%

Jobs based in Pine Island, 2013 → 2023: 841 → 1,151. 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.