Work & commute · Minnetrista

Work & commute in Minnetrista, MN

Most working residents leave Minnetrista for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (14%), Eden Prairie (7%) and Minnetonka (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

141 of 4,279 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,138 Minnetrista residents head out of town to work, 141 work right here, and 742 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minnetrista.

4,138live here, work elsewhere

141live and work here

742work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minnetrista goes to work

Minneapolis21.8 mi away

14%618

Eden Prairie13.9 mi away

7%312

Minnetonka12.4 mi away

7%280

Plymouth13.5 mi away

6%236

Bloomington20.8 mi away

5%196

Golden Valley17.6 mi away

4%153

St. Louis Park17 mi away

4%152

Edina17.6 mi away

3%147

Minnetrista (in town)right here

3%141

Chanhassen9.5 mi away

3%139

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,905

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

How far

How far Minnetrista commutes

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

21%

62%

13%

21%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minnetrista is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Minnetrista are

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

Jobs based in Minnetrista

883 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Minnetrista residents hold

4,279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+44%

Jobs based in Minnetrista, 2013 → 2023: 612 → 883. 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.