Work & commute · Excelsior

Work & commute in Excelsior, MN

Most working residents leave Excelsior for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (16%), Minnetonka (9%) and Eden Prairie (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 1,025 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 965 Excelsior residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 1,625 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Excelsior.

965live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

1,625work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Excelsior goes to work

Minneapolis15.2 mi away

16%164

Minnetonka5.7 mi away

9%93

Eden Prairie6.4 mi away

8%85

Excelsior (in town)right here

6%60

St. Paul22.8 mi away

5%50

Bloomington13.3 mi away

4%40

Chanhassen3.7 mi away

4%38

Edina10.1 mi away

4%36

Plymouth9.7 mi away

3%35

St. Louis Park10.4 mi away

3%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%390

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

How far

How far Excelsior commutes

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

41%

50%

41%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Excelsior is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Excelsior are

1,685 jobs are based in Excelsior. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Excelsior’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Excelsior

1,685 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Excelsior residents hold

1,025 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−12%

Jobs based in Excelsior, 2013 → 2023: 1,917 → 1,685. 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.