Work & commute · Shorewood

Work & commute in Shorewood, MN

Most working residents leave Shorewood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (18%), Minnetonka (8%) and Eden Prairie (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

90 of 3,471 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,381 Shorewood residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 947 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shorewood.

3,381live here, work elsewhere

90live and work here

947work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shorewood goes to work

Minneapolis16.5 mi away

18%636

Minnetonka7 mi away

8%275

Eden Prairie7.6 mi away

7%249

Edina11.6 mi away

5%184

St. Louis Park11.7 mi away

5%167

Chanhassen4 mi away

4%151

Bloomington14.6 mi away

4%148

Golden Valley13.1 mi away

4%125

Plymouth10.5 mi away

3%114

St. Paul24.2 mi away

3%110

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,312

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

How far

How far Shorewood commutes

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

37%

54%

37%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shorewood is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shorewood are

1,037 jobs are based in Shorewood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shorewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shorewood

1,037 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Shorewood residents hold

3,471 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+32%

Jobs based in Shorewood, 2013 → 2023: 784 → 1,037. 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.