Work & commute · Mendota

Work & commute in Mendota, MN

Most working residents leave Mendota for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (19%), Minneapolis (15%) and Eagan (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 98 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 97 Mendota residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mendota.

97live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mendota goes to work

St. Paul5.1 mi away

19%19

Minneapolis7.4 mi away

15%15

Eagan5 mi away

7%7

Mendota Heights1.5 mi away

5%5

Bloomington8.5 mi away

5%5

West St. Paul3.9 mi away

4%4

Burnsville10.3 mi away

4%4

Plymouth17.4 mi away

3%3

Rochester69.1 mi away

3%3

Golden Valley12 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%31

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

How far

How far Mendota commutes

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

69%

22%

69%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mendota is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mendota are

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

Jobs based in Mendota

134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Mendota residents hold

98 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+41%

Jobs based in Mendota, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 134. 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.