Work & commute · Westfield

Work & commute in Westfield, MN

Most working residents leave Westfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (40%), Hayfield (9%) and Dodge Center (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 203 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 200 Westfield residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westfield.

200live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westfield goes to work

Rochester26.7 mi away

40%82

Hayfield7.1 mi away

9%19

Dodge Center11.5 mi away

5%10

Kasson15.3 mi away

4%9

Byron20 mi away

4%8

Owatonna18.3 mi away

4%8

Austin15.4 mi away

3%6

Hayfield6.4 mi away

2%4

Blooming Prairie3.8 mi away

1%3

Eden Prairie69.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%51

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

How far

How far Westfield commutes

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

15%

31%

40%

14%

15%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westfield is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westfield are

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

Jobs based in Westfield

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Westfield residents hold

203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+208%

Jobs based in Westfield, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 37. 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.