Work & commute · Medina

Work & commute in Medina, MN

Most working residents leave Medina for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (17%), Plymouth (11%) and Minnetonka (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

179 of 3,079 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

42%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,900 Medina residents head out of town to work, 179 work right here, and 7,139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medina.

2,900live here, work elsewhere

179live and work here

7,139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medina goes to work

Minneapolis15.4 mi away

17%531

Plymouth5.2 mi away

11%338

Minnetonka9 mi away

6%197

Medina (in town)right here

6%179

Eden Prairie14 mi away

5%167

Golden Valley10.7 mi away

4%138

St. Paul23.4 mi away

3%102

Maple Grove7.6 mi away

3%100

Bloomington18.9 mi away

3%95

Edina14.3 mi away

3%94

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,138

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

How far

How far Medina commutes

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

34%

58%

34%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medina is a job hub

2.38jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Medina are

7,318 jobs are based in Medina. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Medina’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Medina

7,318 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Medina residents hold

3,079 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+51%

Jobs based in Medina, 2013 → 2023: 4,848 → 7,318. 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.