Work & commute · Preston Lake

Work & commute in Preston Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Preston Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hutchinson (15%), Buffalo Lake (12%) and Hector (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 122 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 122 Preston Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Preston Lake.

122live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Preston Lake goes to work

Hutchinson12.8 mi away

15%18

Buffalo Lake2.9 mi away

12%15

Hector7.2 mi away

7%9

Olivia21.1 mi away

6%7

Springfield41.4 mi away

3%4

Bird Island16.1 mi away

2%3

Ramsey64.6 mi away

2%3

Boon Lake5.8 mi away

2%3

Plato25.9 mi away

2%2

Stewart4.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%56

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

How far

How far Preston Lake commutes

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

25%

34%

19%

22%

25%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Preston Lake is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Preston Lake are

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

Jobs based in Preston Lake

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities64%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Preston Lake residents hold

122 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−93%

Jobs based in Preston Lake, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 11. 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.