Work & commute · Chaska

Work & commute in Chaska, MN

Most working residents leave Chaska for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Eden Prairie (11%), Minneapolis (10%) and Chanhassen (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,834 of 14,279 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 12,445 Chaska residents head out of town to work, 1,834 work right here, and 10,106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chaska.

12,445live here, work elsewhere

1,834live and work here

10,106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chaska goes to work

Chaska (in town)right here

13%1,834

Eden Prairie7.8 mi away

11%1,621

Minneapolis19.6 mi away

10%1,485

Chanhassen3.1 mi away

8%1,154

Bloomington14.5 mi away

5%690

Minnetonka10.9 mi away

4%611

Shakopee7.3 mi away

4%596

Edina13.3 mi away

4%533

Plymouth15.9 mi away

3%378

St. Paul26.4 mi away

3%378

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%4,999

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

How far

How far Chaska commutes

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

37%

49%

37%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chaska is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chaska are

11,940 jobs are based in Chaska. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chaska’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chaska

11,940 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Chaska residents hold

14,279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+24%

Jobs based in Chaska, 2013 → 2023: 9,643 → 11,940. 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.