Work & commute · Long Lake

Work & commute in Long Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Long Lake for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (14%), Plymouth (9%) and Orono (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 892 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 839 Long Lake residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 1,129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Lake.

839live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

1,129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Lake goes to work

Minneapolis14.8 mi away

14%123

Plymouth5.9 mi away

9%79

Long Lake (in town)right here

6%53

Orono1.8 mi away

5%49

Wayzata2.8 mi away

5%45

Eden Prairie10.7 mi away

5%44

Minnetonka6.5 mi away

5%43

Bloomington16.4 mi away

4%37

Golden Valley10.3 mi away

3%30

St. Paul22.9 mi away

3%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%359

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

How far

How far Long Lake commutes

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

42%

51%

42%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Lake are

1,182 jobs are based in Long Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Long Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Long Lake

1,182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Long Lake residents hold

892 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+16%

Jobs based in Long Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1,019 → 1,182. 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.