Work & commute · Spring Lake Park

Work & commute in Spring Lake Park, MN

Most working residents leave Spring Lake Park for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (16%), Fridley (8%) and St. Paul (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 3,186 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,100 Spring Lake Park residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 2,733 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Lake Park.

3,100live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

2,733work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Lake Park goes to work

Minneapolis10.6 mi away

16%514

Fridley2.3 mi away

8%252

St. Paul13.4 mi away

6%204

Blaine4.2 mi away

5%175

Coon Rapids5.3 mi away

5%144

Maple Grove10.5 mi away

3%90

St. Louis Park13 mi away

3%89

Plymouth12.4 mi away

3%87

Spring Lake Park (in town)right here

3%86

Edina16.5 mi away

2%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,469

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

How far

How far Spring Lake Park commutes

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

53%

39%

53%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Lake Park is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Lake Park are

2,819 jobs are based in Spring Lake Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spring Lake Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Spring Lake Park

2,819 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Spring Lake Park residents hold

3,186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−10%

Jobs based in Spring Lake Park, 2013 → 2023: 3,139 → 2,819. 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.