Work & commute · Lakeville

Work & commute in Lakeville, MN

Most working residents leave Lakeville for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (13%), Bloomington (7%) and Burnsville (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

4,168 of 36,262 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 32,094 Lakeville residents head out of town to work, 4,168 work right here, and 13,565 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakeville.

32,094live here, work elsewhere

4,168live and work here

13,565work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakeville goes to work

Minneapolis19.9 mi away

13%4,623

Lakeville (in town)right here

11%4,168

Bloomington11.1 mi away

7%2,592

Burnsville6.2 mi away

6%2,274

St. Paul20.2 mi away

6%2,194

Eagan10.6 mi away

6%2,103

Edina15.8 mi away

5%1,870

Apple Valley5.4 mi away

4%1,608

Eden Prairie15.7 mi away

3%1,269

Minnetonka20.4 mi away

2%812

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%12,749

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

How far

How far Lakeville commutes

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

31%

58%

31%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakeville is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakeville are

17,733 jobs are based in Lakeville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lakeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lakeville

17,733 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Lakeville residents hold

36,262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+38%

Jobs based in Lakeville, 2013 → 2023: 12,835 → 17,733. 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.