Work & commute · Lilydale

Work & commute in Lilydale, MN

Most working residents leave Lilydale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (23%), Minneapolis (20%) and Bloomington (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 326 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 324 Lilydale residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 354 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lilydale.

324live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

354work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lilydale goes to work

St. Paul3.1 mi away

23%74

Minneapolis7.7 mi away

20%66

Bloomington10.6 mi away

6%18

Mendota Heights2.1 mi away

5%15

Eagan6.7 mi away

4%14

Burnsville12.4 mi away

3%9

Eden Prairie16.6 mi away

2%8

St. Louis Park11.8 mi away

2%6

Inver Grove Heights6.5 mi away

2%6

West St. Paul2.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%105

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

How far

How far Lilydale commutes

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

69%

24%

69%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lilydale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lilydale are

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

Jobs based in Lilydale

356 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lilydale residents hold

326 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−8%

Jobs based in Lilydale, 2013 → 2023: 388 → 356. 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.