Work & commute · Maple Grove

Work & commute in Maple Grove, MN

Most working residents leave Maple Grove for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (17%), Plymouth (8%) and Eden Prairie (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

4,405 of 35,153 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30,748 Maple Grove residents head out of town to work, 4,405 work right here, and 31,299 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maple Grove.

30,748live here, work elsewhere

4,405live and work here

31,299work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maple Grove goes to work

Minneapolis14.2 mi away

17%6,073

Maple Grove (in town)right here

13%4,405

Plymouth6.6 mi away

8%2,657

Eden Prairie18.5 mi away

4%1,539

Minnetonka12.8 mi away

4%1,311

Brooklyn Park5.4 mi away

4%1,293

St. Paul20.9 mi away

4%1,287

Golden Valley10.1 mi away

4%1,260

Edina16.4 mi away

3%1,223

St. Louis Park12.6 mi away

3%1,069

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%13,036

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

How far

How far Maple Grove commutes

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

39%

55%

39%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maple Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Maple Grove are

35,704 jobs are based in Maple Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maple Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Maple Grove

35,704 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Maple Grove residents hold

35,153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+27%

Jobs based in Maple Grove, 2013 → 2023: 28,137 → 35,704. 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.