Work & commute · Cologne

Work & commute in Cologne, MN

Most working residents leave Cologne for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Eden Prairie (9%), Waconia (9%) and Chaska (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 1,106 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,044 Cologne residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 391 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cologne.

1,044live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

391work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cologne goes to work

Eden Prairie17.3 mi away

9%99

Waconia4.9 mi away

9%96

Chaska9.5 mi away

8%94

Minneapolis28.9 mi away

6%70

Chanhassen12.3 mi away

6%66

Cologne (in town)right here

6%62

Shakopee15.5 mi away

4%46

Plymouth23.8 mi away

4%40

Bloomington23.8 mi away

3%37

Minnetonka19.9 mi away

3%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%467

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

How far

How far Cologne commutes

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

27%

45%

24%

27%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cologne is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cologne are

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

Jobs based in Cologne

453 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Cologne residents hold

1,106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+117%

Jobs based in Cologne, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 453. 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.