Work & commute · Bloomington

Work & commute in Bloomington, MN

About one in 5 of Bloomington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (17%), Edina (7%) and Eden Prairie (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

8,076 of 41,357 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 33,281 Bloomington residents head out of town to work, 8,076 work right here, and 73,275 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomington.

33,281live here, work elsewhere

8,076live and work here

73,275work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomington goes to work

Bloomington (in town)right here

20%8,076

Minneapolis9.5 mi away

17%6,952

Edina4.8 mi away

7%2,775

Eden Prairie7.2 mi away

6%2,535

St. Paul13.2 mi away

5%2,216

Eagan7.5 mi away

3%1,301

Burnsville4.8 mi away

3%1,298

Minnetonka10 mi away

3%1,262

St. Louis Park8.6 mi away

3%1,192

Richfield3.5 mi away

2%1,008

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%12,742

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

How far

How far Bloomington commutes

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

61%

34%

61%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomington is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomington are

81,351 jobs are based in Bloomington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bloomington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bloomington

81,351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Bloomington residents hold

41,357 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−9%

Jobs based in Bloomington, 2013 → 2023: 88,910 → 81,351. 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.