Work & commute · Corcoran

Work & commute in Corcoran, MN

Most working residents leave Corcoran for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (15%), Plymouth (10%) and Maple Grove (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

88 of 3,406 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,318 Corcoran residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 1,370 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corcoran.

3,318live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

1,370work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corcoran goes to work

Minneapolis18.1 mi away

15%513

Plymouth8.1 mi away

10%327

Maple Grove5.8 mi away

7%239

Eden Prairie18.7 mi away

6%191

Minnetonka13.4 mi away

4%132

St. Louis Park15.1 mi away

3%105

Golden Valley13.4 mi away

3%103

St. Paul25.6 mi away

3%103

Edina18.3 mi away

3%99

Corcoran (in town)right here

3%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,506

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

How far

How far Corcoran commutes

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

28%

62%

28%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corcoran is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Corcoran are

1,458 jobs are based in Corcoran. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Corcoran’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Corcoran

1,458 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Corcoran residents hold

3,406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+41%

Jobs based in Corcoran, 2013 → 2023: 1,032 → 1,458. 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.