Work & commute · Belle Plaine

Work & commute in Belle Plaine, MN

Most working residents leave Belle Plaine for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Shakopee (10%), Eden Prairie (5%) and Chaska (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

582 of 3,982 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 3,400 Belle Plaine residents head out of town to work, 582 work right here, and 1,855 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belle Plaine.

3,400live here, work elsewhere

582live and work here

1,855work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belle Plaine goes to work

Belle Plaine (in town)right here

15%582

Shakopee17.7 mi away

10%395

Eden Prairie21.9 mi away

5%216

Chaska15.6 mi away

5%193

Bloomington26.4 mi away

4%178

Minneapolis34 mi away

4%152

Jordan6.9 mi away

3%129

Chanhassen18.6 mi away

3%122

Burnsville25.8 mi away

3%118

Prior Lake17.5 mi away

3%108

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,789

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

How far

How far Belle Plaine commutes

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

21%

41%

33%

21%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belle Plaine is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belle Plaine are

2,437 jobs are based in Belle Plaine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belle Plaine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belle Plaine

2,437 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Belle Plaine residents hold

3,982 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+21%

Jobs based in Belle Plaine, 2013 → 2023: 2,016 → 2,437. 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.