Work & commute · Burnsville

Work & commute in Burnsville, MN

Most working residents leave Burnsville for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (12%), Bloomington (9%) and St. Paul (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

3,655 of 28,202 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,547 Burnsville residents head out of town to work, 3,655 work right here, and 27,830 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burnsville.

24,547live here, work elsewhere

3,655live and work here

27,830work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burnsville goes to work

Burnsville (in town)right here

13%3,655

Minneapolis13.8 mi away

12%3,495

Bloomington4.8 mi away

9%2,521

St. Paul15.4 mi away

7%1,849

Eagan6.7 mi away

6%1,611

Edina9.6 mi away

5%1,450

Eden Prairie10.6 mi away

4%1,105

Lakeville6.2 mi away

3%961

Apple Valley4.1 mi away

3%840

Shakopee9.6 mi away

3%763

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%9,952

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

How far

How far Burnsville commutes

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

47%

44%

47%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burnsville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Burnsville are

31,485 jobs are based in Burnsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burnsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burnsville

31,485 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Burnsville residents hold

28,202 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

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Jobs based in Burnsville, 2013 → 2023: 31,555 → 31,485. 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.