Work & commute · Linwood

Work & commute in Linwood, MN

Most working residents leave Linwood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (9%), Forest Lake (8%) and St. Paul (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

73 of 2,534 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,461 Linwood residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Linwood.

2,461live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Linwood goes to work

Minneapolis30.1 mi away

9%240

Forest Lake10.3 mi away

8%209

St. Paul29.6 mi away

8%198

Wyoming5.9 mi away

4%114

Blaine15.6 mi away

4%97

Fridley22.1 mi away

4%93

Edina36.3 mi away

3%74

Linwood (in town)right here

3%73

Plymouth30.9 mi away

3%68

Bloomington39.6 mi away

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,305

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

How far

How far Linwood commutes

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

18%

35%

44%

18%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Linwood is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Linwood are

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

Jobs based in Linwood

300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Linwood residents hold

2,534 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+46%

Jobs based in Linwood, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 300. 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.