Work & commute · Spring Lake

Work & commute in Spring Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Spring Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (10%), Prior Lake (8%) and Burnsville (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 2,080 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,023 Spring Lake residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 742 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Lake.

2,023live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

742work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Lake goes to work

Minneapolis22.7 mi away

10%204

Prior Lake4.3 mi away

8%160

Burnsville11.4 mi away

7%150

Bloomington13.5 mi away

6%127

Eden Prairie12.7 mi away

6%121

Shakopee7.4 mi away

5%105

Edina16.4 mi away

5%100

Savage8.1 mi away

4%87

St. Paul26.4 mi away

4%79

Lakeville10.5 mi away

3%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%877

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

How far

How far Spring Lake commutes

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

27%

55%

14%

27%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Lake is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Lake are

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

Jobs based in Spring Lake

799 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Spring Lake residents hold

2,080 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+32%

Jobs based in Spring Lake, 2013 → 2023: 604 → 799. 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.