Work & commute · Shakopee

Work & commute in Shakopee, MN

Most working residents leave Shakopee for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (9%), Eden Prairie (8%) and Bloomington (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

3,861 of 22,584 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,723 Shakopee residents head out of town to work, 3,861 work right here, and 17,103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shakopee.

18,723live here, work elsewhere

3,861live and work here

17,103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shakopee goes to work

Shakopee (in town)right here

17%3,861

Minneapolis16.7 mi away

9%2,056

Eden Prairie5.4 mi away

8%1,864

Bloomington8.8 mi away

7%1,473

Edina10 mi away

4%928

Burnsville9.6 mi away

4%834

Chaska7.3 mi away

4%820

Minnetonka11.1 mi away

3%774

Chanhassen6.9 mi away

3%764

St. Paul21.9 mi away

3%704

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%8,506

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

How far

How far Shakopee commutes

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

47%

42%

47%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shakopee is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shakopee are

20,964 jobs are based in Shakopee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shakopee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shakopee

20,964 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Shakopee residents hold

22,584 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+39%

Jobs based in Shakopee, 2013 → 2023: 15,132 → 20,964. 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.