Work & commute · Mayer

Work & commute in Mayer, MN

Most working residents leave Mayer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Waconia (10%), Eden Prairie (6%) and Minneapolis (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 1,250 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,239 Mayer residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mayer.

1,239live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mayer goes to work

Waconia6.1 mi away

10%131

Eden Prairie21.5 mi away

6%81

Minneapolis31.1 mi away

6%78

Minnetonka21.6 mi away

5%61

Chanhassen16.3 mi away

4%47

Chaska14.8 mi away

4%46

Plymouth23 mi away

4%46

Bloomington28.7 mi away

3%32

Winsted9 mi away

2%28

St. Paul38.9 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%672

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

How far

How far Mayer commutes

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

25%

40%

31%

25%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mayer is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mayer are

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

Jobs based in Mayer

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Mayer residents hold

1,250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+62%

Jobs based in Mayer, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 126. 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.