Work & commute · Plainview

Work & commute in Plainview, MN

Most working residents leave Plainview for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (45%), Plainview (3%) and Lake City (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

316 of 1,761 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,445 Plainview residents head out of town to work, 316 work right here, and 679 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plainview.

1,445live here, work elsewhere

316live and work here

679work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plainview goes to work

Rochester18.5 mi away

45%788

Plainview (in town)right here

18%316

Plainview2.3 mi away

3%59

Lake City20.2 mi away

2%42

Wabasha15.5 mi away

2%39

Winona26.1 mi away

2%29

St. Charles14.6 mi away

1%19

Eyota12.6 mi away

1%15

Minneapolis77.3 mi away

1%14

Eden Prairie79.2 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%427

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.

24%

58%

13%

24%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plainview is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plainview are

995 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

995 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Plainview residents hold

1,761 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−15%

Jobs based in Plainview, 2013 → 2023: 1,165 → 995. 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.