Work & commute · Lauderdale

Work & commute in Lauderdale, MN

Most working residents leave Lauderdale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (30%), St. Paul (16%) and Roseville (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 1,189 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,177 Lauderdale residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 619 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lauderdale.

1,177live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

619work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lauderdale goes to work

Minneapolis3.8 mi away

30%352

St. Paul5.8 mi away

16%185

Roseville2.8 mi away

5%56

Edina10.5 mi away

4%52

Bloomington12.6 mi away

3%36

Falcon Heights1.5 mi away

3%32

Minnetonka13.2 mi away

2%26

Fridley6.8 mi away

2%20

St. Louis Park8.5 mi away

2%19

Golden Valley7.6 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%393

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

How far

How far Lauderdale commutes

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

73%

23%

73%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lauderdale is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lauderdale are

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

Jobs based in Lauderdale

631 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Lauderdale residents hold

1,189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+20%

Jobs based in Lauderdale, 2013 → 2023: 526 → 631. 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.