Work & commute · Chanhassen

Work & commute in Chanhassen, MN

Most working residents leave Chanhassen for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (13%), Eden Prairie (11%) and Minnetonka (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,329 of 13,258 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,929 Chanhassen residents head out of town to work, 1,329 work right here, and 13,788 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chanhassen.

11,929live here, work elsewhere

1,329live and work here

13,788work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chanhassen goes to work

Minneapolis16.6 mi away

13%1,777

Eden Prairie5.3 mi away

11%1,435

Chanhassen (in town)right here

10%1,329

Minnetonka7.8 mi away

7%969

Bloomington12.4 mi away

5%686

Edina10.6 mi away

5%631

Chaska3.1 mi away

4%550

Plymouth13 mi away

3%447

St. Louis Park12.1 mi away

3%439

St. Paul23.7 mi away

3%429

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%4,566

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

How far

How far Chanhassen commutes

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

42%

48%

42%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chanhassen is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chanhassen are

15,117 jobs are based in Chanhassen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chanhassen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chanhassen

15,117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Chanhassen residents hold

13,258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+33%

Jobs based in Chanhassen, 2013 → 2023: 11,340 → 15,117. 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.