Work & commute · Golden Valley

Work & commute in Golden Valley, MN

Most working residents leave Golden Valley for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (27%), Plymouth (6%) and St. Paul (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

883 of 10,898 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,015 Golden Valley residents head out of town to work, 883 work right here, and 31,602 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Golden Valley.

10,015live here, work elsewhere

883live and work here

31,602work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Golden Valley goes to work

Minneapolis4.8 mi away

27%2,891

Golden Valley (in town)right here

8%883

Plymouth5.5 mi away

6%637

St. Paul12.8 mi away

5%567

St. Louis Park2.9 mi away

5%512

Minnetonka6.3 mi away

4%485

Eden Prairie10.9 mi away

4%468

Edina6.8 mi away

4%458

Bloomington11.3 mi away

4%457

Maple Grove10.1 mi away

2%268

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%3,272

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

How far

How far Golden Valley commutes

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

72%

22%

72%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Golden Valley is a job hub

2.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Golden Valley are

32,485 jobs are based in Golden Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Golden Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Golden Valley

32,485 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Golden Valley residents hold

10,898 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−17%

Jobs based in Golden Valley, 2013 → 2023: 39,168 → 32,485. 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.