Work & commute · Ham Lake

Work & commute in Ham Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Ham Lake for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (12%), Blaine (9%) and St. Paul (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

464 of 8,356 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,892 Ham Lake residents head out of town to work, 464 work right here, and 3,419 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ham Lake.

7,892live here, work elsewhere

464live and work here

3,419work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ham Lake goes to work

Minneapolis20.4 mi away

12%1,017

Blaine5.8 mi away

9%749

St. Paul21.5 mi away

6%500

Ham Lake (in town)right here

6%464

Coon Rapids7.8 mi away

5%390

Fridley12.1 mi away

4%341

Anoka10 mi away

3%266

Roseville16.6 mi away

3%221

Edina26.3 mi away

3%220

Plymouth20.7 mi away

3%219

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%3,969

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

How far

How far Ham Lake commutes

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

28%

55%

12%

28%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ham Lake is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ham Lake are

3,883 jobs are based in Ham Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ham Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ham Lake

3,883 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Ham Lake residents hold

8,356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+29%

Jobs based in Ham Lake, 2013 → 2023: 3,010 → 3,883. 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.