Work & commute · Spring Valley

Work & commute in Spring Valley, MN

About one in 5 of Spring Valley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rochester (40%), Stewartville (4%) and Preston (2%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

234 of 1,168 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 934 Spring Valley residents head out of town to work, 234 work right here, and 566 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Valley.

934live here, work elsewhere

234live and work here

566work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Valley goes to work

Rochester22.9 mi away

40%465

Spring Valley (in town)right here

20%234

Stewartville12.9 mi away

4%45

Preston15.4 mi away

2%25

Grand Meadow9.1 mi away

2%19

Grand Meadow12.2 mi away

2%19

Minneapolis98.2 mi away

1%17

Ostrander5.5 mi away

1%14

Chatfield14.9 mi away

1%13

Bloomfield3.6 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%305

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

How far

How far Spring Valley commutes

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

27%

48%

11%

14%

27%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Valley is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Valley are

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

Jobs based in Spring Valley

800 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Spring Valley residents hold

1,168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+3%

Jobs based in Spring Valley, 2013 → 2023: 775 → 800. 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.