Work & commute · Eagan

Work & commute in Eagan, MN

Most working residents leave Eagan for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (15%), St. Paul (11%) and Bloomington (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

4,633 of 33,658 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 29,025 Eagan residents head out of town to work, 4,633 work right here, and 39,313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eagan.

29,025live here, work elsewhere

4,633live and work here

39,313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eagan goes to work

Minneapolis11.5 mi away

15%5,128

Eagan (in town)right here

14%4,633

St. Paul9.7 mi away

11%3,767

Bloomington7.5 mi away

8%2,586

Edina11 mi away

5%1,609

Burnsville6.7 mi away

4%1,334

Eden Prairie14.7 mi away

3%1,117

Apple Valley5.2 mi away

2%722

St. Louis Park13.5 mi away

2%622

Lakeville10.6 mi away

2%609

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%11,531

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

How far

How far Eagan commutes

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

47%

46%

47%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eagan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eagan are

43,946 jobs are based in Eagan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eagan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eagan

43,946 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Eagan residents hold

33,658 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+4%

Jobs based in Eagan, 2013 → 2023: 42,393 → 43,946. 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.