Work & commute · Arlington

Work & commute in Arlington, MN

Most working residents leave Arlington for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Gaylord (10%), Le Sueur (7%) and Glencoe (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

73 of 974 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 901 Arlington residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 281 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arlington.

901live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

281work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arlington goes to work

Gaylord7.6 mi away

10%93

Arlington (in town)right here

7%73

Le Sueur12.8 mi away

7%65

Glencoe11.7 mi away

5%49

Chaska27.1 mi away

5%49

Waconia21.4 mi away

5%46

Shakopee31.6 mi away

4%39

St. Peter20 mi away

4%38

Belle Plaine15.4 mi away

2%24

Eden Prairie34.6 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%474

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

How far

How far Arlington commutes

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

21%

34%

32%

13%

21%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arlington is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arlington are

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

Jobs based in Arlington

354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Arlington residents hold

974 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−63%

Jobs based in Arlington, 2013 → 2023: 953 → 354. 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.