Work & commute · Richfield

Work & commute in Richfield, MN

Most working residents leave Richfield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (22%), Bloomington (12%) and Edina (8%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,087 of 17,465 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,378 Richfield residents head out of town to work, 1,087 work right here, and 15,561 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richfield.

16,378live here, work elsewhere

1,087live and work here

15,561work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richfield goes to work

Minneapolis6.2 mi away

22%3,784

Bloomington3.5 mi away

12%2,079

Edina4 mi away

8%1,351

St. Paul10.1 mi away

6%1,115

Richfield (in town)right here

6%1,087

Eden Prairie8.8 mi away

5%870

Eagan7.1 mi away

3%534

Minnetonka9.5 mi away

3%492

Burnsville7.6 mi away

3%482

St. Louis Park6.5 mi away

3%470

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%5,201

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

How far

How far Richfield commutes

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

73%

22%

73%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Richfield are

16,648 jobs are based in Richfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Richfield

16,648 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Richfield residents hold

17,465 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+24%

Jobs based in Richfield, 2013 → 2023: 13,432 → 16,648. 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.