Work & commute · Plymouth

Work & commute in Plymouth, MN

Most working residents leave Plymouth for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (20%), Eden Prairie (5%) and Minnetonka (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

4,800 of 38,701 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 33,901 Plymouth residents head out of town to work, 4,800 work right here, and 47,522 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plymouth.

33,901live here, work elsewhere

4,800live and work here

47,522work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plymouth goes to work

Minneapolis10.3 mi away

20%7,603

Plymouth (in town)right here

12%4,800

Eden Prairie11.9 mi away

5%2,123

Minnetonka6.2 mi away

5%2,018

Golden Valley5.5 mi away

5%1,848

Maple Grove6.6 mi away

4%1,599

Bloomington15.1 mi away

4%1,503

St. Louis Park7 mi away

4%1,477

St. Paul18.3 mi away

4%1,461

Edina10.4 mi away

4%1,457

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%12,812

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

How far

How far Plymouth commutes

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

49%

45%

49%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plymouth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plymouth are

52,322 jobs are based in Plymouth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plymouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plymouth

52,322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Plymouth residents hold

38,701 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+6%

Jobs based in Plymouth, 2013 → 2023: 49,424 → 52,322. 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.