Work & commute · Carver

Work & commute in Carver, MN

Most working residents leave Carver for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Eden Prairie (12%), Chaska (10%) and Minneapolis (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

100 of 2,987 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,887 Carver residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 628 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carver.

2,887live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

628work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carver goes to work

Eden Prairie10.5 mi away

12%349

Chaska4 mi away

10%298

Minneapolis22.6 mi away

8%253

Chanhassen6.8 mi away

5%161

Bloomington16.3 mi away

5%161

Minnetonka14.6 mi away

5%143

Edina16.1 mi away

5%140

Shakopee7.7 mi away

4%129

Carver (in town)right here

3%100

Plymouth19.8 mi away

3%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,160

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

How far

How far Carver commutes

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

29%

54%

12%

29%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carver is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carver are

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

Jobs based in Carver

728 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Carver residents hold

2,987 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+266%

Jobs based in Carver, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 728. 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.