Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Miesville has 1.9 jobs per working resident, and 122 people come in to work
There are 123 jobs in Miesville, and 66 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Miesville for work; outside it, Lakeville is the main destination (9%, 22 miles). Home is the office for 7% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Miesville
On a workday 65 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 190 people are in Miesville on a workday afternoon, 45% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Miesville live
Where Miesville clocks in
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Miesville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Miesville, 2014 → 2024: 99 → 123. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Miesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Miesville takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Miesville workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Miesville
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Miesville: questions
What is the median household income in Miesville?
$95,500 (±$51,468) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Miesville?
0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Miesville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Miesville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lakeville (9%, 22 mi), Farmington (8%, 18 mi), Cannon Falls (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Miesville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Miesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Miesville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.