Work & commute · Minneapolis

Work & commute in Minneapolis, KS

About one in 4 of Minneapolis’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Salina (27%), Wichita (3%) and Delphos (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

224 of 856 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 632 Minneapolis residents head out of town to work, 224 work right here, and 532 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minneapolis.

632live here, work elsewhere

224live and work here

532work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minneapolis goes to work

Salina22 mi away

27%231

Minneapolis (in town)right here

26%224

Wichita101 mi away

3%26

Delphos11 mi away

3%25

Manhattan58.8 mi away

2%21

Concordia30.7 mi away

2%16

Topeka107.6 mi away

2%16

Abilene28.8 mi away

2%14

McPherson52.2 mi away

1%11

Blaine4.2 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%261

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

How far

How far Minneapolis commutes

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

30%

35%

11%

24%

30%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minneapolis is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Minneapolis are

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

Jobs based in Minneapolis

756 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Minneapolis residents hold

856 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−9%

Jobs based in Minneapolis, 2013 → 2023: 835 → 756. 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.