Work & commute · Orono

Work & commute in Orono, MN

Most working residents leave Orono for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (19%), Plymouth (7%) and Minnetonka (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

149 of 3,569 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,420 Orono residents head out of town to work, 149 work right here, and 1,767 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orono.

3,420live here, work elsewhere

149live and work here

1,767work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orono goes to work

Minneapolis15.6 mi away

19%669

Plymouth7.4 mi away

7%241

Minnetonka6.6 mi away

6%221

Eden Prairie10 mi away

6%197

Orono (in town)right here

4%149

Wayzata3.6 mi away

4%148

Bloomington16.1 mi away

4%146

St. Louis Park10.9 mi away

4%140

Golden Valley11.4 mi away

3%114

Edina12.2 mi away

3%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,432

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

How far

How far Orono commutes

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

32%

58%

32%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orono is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orono are

1,916 jobs are based in Orono. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orono’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Orono

1,916 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Orono residents hold

3,569 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+17%

Jobs based in Orono, 2013 → 2023: 1,636 → 1,916. 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.