Work & commute · Denmark

Work & commute in Denmark, MN

Most working residents leave Denmark for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (14%), Minneapolis (11%) and Woodbury (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 843 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 832 Denmark residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 681 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Denmark.

832live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

681work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Denmark goes to work

St. Paul16.9 mi away

14%114

Minneapolis24.3 mi away

11%93

Woodbury8.5 mi away

5%40

Cottage Grove4.5 mi away

4%36

Hastings5.3 mi away

4%32

Bloomington24.1 mi away

4%31

Edina26.9 mi away

3%24

Eagan16.6 mi away

3%24

Stillwater17.5 mi away

2%20

Inver Grove Heights11.7 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%410

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

How far

How far Denmark commutes

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

16%

56%

22%

16%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Denmark is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Denmark are

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

Jobs based in Denmark

692 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Denmark residents hold

843 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+50%

Jobs based in Denmark, 2013 → 2023: 460 → 692. 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.