Work & commute · Blakeley

Work & commute in Blakeley, MN

Most working residents leave Blakeley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Belle Plaine (20%), Shakopee (11%) and Bloomington (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 209 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 209 Blakeley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blakeley.

209live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blakeley goes to work

Belle Plaine5.6 mi away

20%41

Shakopee23.2 mi away

11%24

Bloomington32 mi away

6%12

Eden Prairie27.3 mi away

6%12

St. Paul45.2 mi away

4%9

Minneapolis39.5 mi away

4%8

Chaska20.6 mi away

3%7

Jordan12.4 mi away

3%6

Le Sueur7.7 mi away

3%6

Savage27.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%79

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

How far

How far Blakeley commutes

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

25%

31%

41%

25%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blakeley is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blakeley are

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

Jobs based in Blakeley

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Blakeley residents hold

209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−22%

Jobs based in Blakeley, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 79. 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.