Work & commute · Sunfish Lake

Work & commute in Sunfish Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Sunfish Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (18%), Minneapolis (13%) and Eagan (9%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 252 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 252 Sunfish Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunfish Lake.

252live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunfish Lake goes to work

St. Paul5.3 mi away

18%45

Minneapolis10.9 mi away

13%33

Eagan5.4 mi away

9%23

Edina13.4 mi away

6%16

Mendota Heights2.3 mi away

4%10

West St. Paul2.1 mi away

3%8

Burnsville12 mi away

3%8

Bloomington11.6 mi away

3%8

Woodbury8.3 mi away

3%8

St. Louis Park14.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%87

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

How far

How far Sunfish Lake commutes

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

52%

41%

52%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunfish Lake is a commuter town

0.00jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunfish Lake are

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

Jobs based in Sunfish Lake

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Sunfish Lake residents hold

252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−89%

Jobs based in Sunfish Lake, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 1. 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.