Work & commute · Green Isle

Work & commute in Green Isle, MN

Most working residents leave Green Isle for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Belle Plaine (6%), Shakopee (5%) and Arlington (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 255 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 252 Green Isle residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Isle.

252live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Isle goes to work

Belle Plaine12.5 mi away

6%16

Shakopee26.8 mi away

5%13

Arlington6.1 mi away

4%11

Glencoe9.4 mi away

4%11

Chanhassen24.4 mi away

4%10

Chaska21.6 mi away

4%9

Gaylord13.4 mi away

3%8

Le Sueur15.4 mi away

3%8

Eden Prairie29.2 mi away

3%8

Waconia15.3 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%154

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

How far

How far Green Isle commutes

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

17%

41%

32%

10%

17%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Isle is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Isle are

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

Jobs based in Green Isle

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Green Isle residents hold

255 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−56%

Jobs based in Green Isle, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 58. 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.