Work & commute · Plainview

Work & commute in Plainview, MN

Most working residents leave Plainview for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (29%), Wabasha (14%) and Plainview (11%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 245 Plainview residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 231 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plainview.

245live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

231work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plainview goes to work

Rochester19.3 mi away

29%73

Wabasha16.3 mi away

14%36

Plainview2.3 mi away

11%28

Lake City22.1 mi away

7%18

Winona23.9 mi away

5%12

Highland6.7 mi away

3%8

La Crosse, WI50.2 mi away

2%6

Plainview (in town)right here

2%5

St. Charles12.6 mi away

1%3

Pine Island24.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%58

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

How far

How far Plainview commutes

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

18%

59%

12%

10%

18%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plainview is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plainview are

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

Jobs based in Plainview

236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Plainview residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−12%

Jobs based in Plainview, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 236. 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.