Work & commute · Mound

Work & commute in Mound, MN

Most working residents leave Mound for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (12%), Eden Prairie (7%) and Minnetonka (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

274 of 4,681 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,407 Mound residents head out of town to work, 274 work right here, and 820 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mound.

4,407live here, work elsewhere

274live and work here

820work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mound goes to work

Minneapolis19.2 mi away

12%582

Eden Prairie11.3 mi away

7%319

Minnetonka9.8 mi away

7%314

Mound (in town)right here

6%274

Plymouth11.4 mi away

5%213

Bloomington18.2 mi away

4%175

St. Louis Park14.4 mi away

4%169

Edina14.9 mi away

3%150

Minnetrista2.7 mi away

3%129

St. Paul27.1 mi away

3%123

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,233

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

How far

How far Mound commutes

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

29%

58%

29%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mound is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mound are

1,094 jobs are based in Mound. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mound’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mound

1,094 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Mound residents hold

4,681 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+22%

Jobs based in Mound, 2013 → 2023: 898 → 1,094. 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.