Work & commute · New Prague

Work & commute in New Prague, MN

Most working residents leave New Prague for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Shakopee (7%), Burnsville (5%) and Minneapolis (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

721 of 4,176 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,455 New Prague residents head out of town to work, 721 work right here, and 1,894 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Prague.

3,455live here, work elsewhere

721live and work here

1,894work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Prague goes to work

New Prague (in town)right here

17%721

Shakopee16.4 mi away

7%276

Burnsville21 mi away

5%211

Minneapolis32.6 mi away

5%189

Prior Lake14.1 mi away

4%150

Eden Prairie21.8 mi away

4%148

Bloomington23.4 mi away

3%145

Lakeville18.3 mi away

3%139

Edina26.1 mi away

2%97

Eagan27.5 mi away

2%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,008

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

How far

How far New Prague commutes

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

24%

40%

30%

24%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Prague is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Prague are

2,615 jobs are based in New Prague. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Prague’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Prague

2,615 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs New Prague residents hold

4,176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+50%

Jobs based in New Prague, 2013 → 2023: 1,741 → 2,615. 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.