Work & commute · Pleasant Prairie

Work & commute in Pleasant Prairie, MN

Most working residents leave Pleasant Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fairmont (32%), Jackson (11%) and Sherburn (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 116 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 116 Pleasant Prairie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant Prairie.

116live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant Prairie goes to work

Fairmont7.4 mi away

32%37

Jackson33.6 mi away

11%13

Sherburn20.6 mi away

8%9

Mankato40.6 mi away

5%6

Blue Earth10.8 mi away

4%5

Marshall92.2 mi away

3%3

Wells30.1 mi away

2%2

Windom43.3 mi away

2%2

Bemidji267.4 mi away

2%2

Rutland7.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%35

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

How far

How far Pleasant Prairie commutes

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

37%

20%

25%

18%

37%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant Prairie is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Pleasant Prairie

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Pleasant Prairie residents hold

116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+13%

Jobs based in Pleasant Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 18. 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.