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Work & commute · Rich Valley

Work & commute in Rich Valley, MN

Most working residents leave Rich Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Glencoe (11%), Winsted (6%) and Hutchinson (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
4 of 322 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
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 318 Rich Valley residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rich Valley.

318live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
44work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Rich Valley goes to work

PlatoStewartLester PrairieCokatoDasselWinstedHoward LakeWatertownGlencoeDelanoWaconiaHutchinsonChaskaEden PrairieRich ValleyBergenGlencoeHaleHassan ValleyGlencoeWinstedHutchinsonPlatoLester PrairieWaconiaChaskaEden PrairieCokatoHoward LakeRich Valley
1
Glencoe6.5 mi away
11%37
2
Winsted10.2 mi away
6%20
3
Hutchinson8.8 mi away
6%19
4
Plato9.8 mi away
6%18
5
Lester Prairie8.2 mi away
4%14
6
Waconia20.1 mi away
4%14
7
Chaska29.1 mi away
4%14
8
Eden Prairie36.4 mi away
3%11
9
Cokato15.2 mi away
2%6
10
Howard Lake15.3 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%163

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

How far

How far Rich Valley commutes

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

32%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
29%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Rich Valley is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rich Valley are

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

Jobs based in Rich Valley

48 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities8%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less35%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Rich Valley residents hold

322 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)38%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)41%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month66%
+41%

Jobs based in Rich Valley, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 48. 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.

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