Work & commute · Eden Prairie

Work & commute in Eden Prairie, MN

Most working residents leave Eden Prairie for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (15%), Bloomington (8%) and Edina (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

5,827 of 29,949 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,122 Eden Prairie residents head out of town to work, 5,827 work right here, and 60,064 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eden Prairie.

24,122live here, work elsewhere

5,827live and work here

60,064work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eden Prairie goes to work

Eden Prairie (in town)right here

19%5,827

Minneapolis12.2 mi away

15%4,590

Bloomington7.2 mi away

8%2,278

Edina5.6 mi away

7%1,969

Minnetonka5.7 mi away

6%1,799

St. Paul18.7 mi away

3%1,044

St. Louis Park8.2 mi away

3%974

Chanhassen5.3 mi away

3%957

Plymouth11.9 mi away

3%928

Golden Valley10.9 mi away

2%680

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%8,903

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

How far

How far Eden Prairie commutes

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

55%

38%

55%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eden Prairie is a job hub

2.20jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Eden Prairie are

65,891 jobs are based in Eden Prairie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eden Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eden Prairie

65,891 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Eden Prairie residents hold

29,949 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+31%

Jobs based in Eden Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 50,198 → 65,891. 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.