Work & commute · Louisville

Work & commute in Louisville, MN

Most working residents leave Louisville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Shakopee (16%), Minneapolis (7%) and Eden Prairie (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 727 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 719 Louisville residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 509 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Louisville.

719live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

509work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Louisville goes to work

Shakopee5.2 mi away

16%118

Minneapolis21.2 mi away

7%52

Eden Prairie9.2 mi away

5%38

Edina14.6 mi away

5%36

Burnsville14.5 mi away

4%32

Bloomington14 mi away

4%31

Jordan6.5 mi away

4%30

Prior Lake6.7 mi away

4%27

Chaska5.3 mi away

3%23

Minnetonka14.1 mi away

3%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%317

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

How far

How far Louisville commutes

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

37%

46%

11%

37%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Louisville is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Louisville are

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

Jobs based in Louisville

517 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Louisville residents hold

727 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+43%

Jobs based in Louisville, 2013 → 2023: 361 → 517. 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.