Work & commute · Dahlgren

Work & commute in Dahlgren, MN

Most working residents leave Dahlgren for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Eden Prairie (12%), Chaska (10%) and Minneapolis (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 734 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 725 Dahlgren residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dahlgren.

725live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dahlgren goes to work

Eden Prairie13.5 mi away

12%85

Chaska6 mi away

10%74

Minneapolis25.5 mi away

8%60

Chanhassen9 mi away

6%46

Minnetonka16.8 mi away

5%40

Bloomington19.7 mi away

5%38

Edina19.1 mi away

5%34

Shakopee11.4 mi away

4%29

Carver3.7 mi away

3%25

St. Paul32.2 mi away

3%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%283

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

How far

How far Dahlgren commutes

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

24%

53%

20%

24%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dahlgren is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dahlgren are

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

Jobs based in Dahlgren

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Dahlgren residents hold

734 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−52%

Jobs based in Dahlgren, 2013 → 2023: 386 → 187. 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.