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Work & commute in Marysville · A commuter town

99% of Marysville’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Marysville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (10%), Delano (7%) and Minneapolis (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Work in town
1%
10 of 1,032 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
31 min
More than MN (23 min)
Work from home
11%
Less than MN (18%)
Jobs based here
123
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Marysville?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

10% of working residents work in Buffalo

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

WaverlyHoward Lake: 33 residents work here (3%)Montrose: 25 residents work here (2%)AnnandaleDelano: 74 residents work here (7%)Buffalo: 107 residents work here (10%)MonticelloPrior LakeMedina: 28 residents work here (3%)Bloomington: 25 residents work here (2%)Minnetonka: 30 residents work here (3%)Eden Prairie: 32 residents work here (3%)Plymouth: 58 residents work here (6%)Minneapolis: 63 residents work here (6%)WoodlandFranklinRockfordChathamMarysvilleMiddlevilleBuffaloDelanoMinneapolisPlymouthHoward LakeEden PrairieMarysville
1
Buffalo6.6 mi away
10%107
2
Delano9.6 mi away
7%74
3
Minneapolis35.3 mi away
6%63
4
Plymouth25 mi away
6%58
5
Howard Lake6.3 mi away
3%33
6
Eden Prairie30.4 mi away
3%32
7
Minnetonka27.4 mi away
3%30
8
Medina19.9 mi away
3%28
9
Montrose3.7 mi away
2%25
10
Bloomington37 mi away
2%25
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%557
The top trips

Where Marysville clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
234 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Marysville31 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
11%

of Marysville workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Marysville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 1,022 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere.

1,022live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
113work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night2,300
Workday1,400
2,300live here− 1,000head out to work+ 110come in to work= 1,400on a workday

About 1,400 people are in Marysville on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.12jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Marysville commutes less than 22 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi45 miBuffalo: 10% · 6.6 miDelano: 7% · 9.6 miMinneapolis: 6% · 35.3 miPlymouth: 6% · 25 miHoward Lake: 3% · 6.3 miEden Prairie: 3% · 30.4 miMinnetonka: 3% · 27.4 miMedina: 3% · 19.9 miMontrose: 2% · 3.7 miBloomington: 2% · 37 miBuffalo 10%Delano 7%Howard Lake 3%Marysville
MarysvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
28%Under 10 mi292 residents
28%10–24 mi289 residents
39%25–50 mi406 residents
4%Over 50 mi44 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Marysville makes things: 41% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in MarysvilleJobs Marysville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms41%29%
Trade, transport & utilities15%20%
Services: health, schools, offices44%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%16%
Over $3,333 a month50%69%

Who does it

29 or younger28%24%
30 to 5450%54%
55 and older21%22%
−16%

Jobs based in Marysville, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 123. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Marysville and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Montrose (2%). Darker towns draw more of Marysville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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