Work & commute · Minnetonka

Work & commute in Minnetonka, MN

Most working residents leave Minnetonka for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (20%), Eden Prairie (7%) and St. Louis Park (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

2,965 of 24,319 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21,354 Minnetonka residents head out of town to work, 2,965 work right here, and 44,654 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minnetonka.

21,354live here, work elsewhere

2,965live and work here

44,654work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minnetonka goes to work

Minneapolis9.5 mi away

20%4,866

Minnetonka (in town)right here

12%2,965

Eden Prairie5.7 mi away

7%1,737

St. Louis Park4.7 mi away

5%1,280

Bloomington10 mi away

5%1,269

Plymouth6.2 mi away

5%1,211

Edina5.6 mi away

5%1,202

St. Paul17.4 mi away

4%911

Golden Valley6.3 mi away

4%871

Hopkins2.7 mi away

2%476

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%7,531

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

How far

How far Minnetonka commutes

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

63%

31%

63%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minnetonka is a job hub

1.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Minnetonka are

47,619 jobs are based in Minnetonka. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Minnetonka’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Minnetonka

47,619 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Minnetonka residents hold

24,319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+14%

Jobs based in Minnetonka, 2013 → 2023: 41,650 → 47,619. 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.