Work & commute · Tonka Bay

Work & commute in Tonka Bay, MN

Most working residents leave Tonka Bay for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (15%), Minnetonka (10%) and Eden Prairie (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 555 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 550 Tonka Bay residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tonka Bay.

550live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tonka Bay goes to work

Minneapolis15.9 mi away

15%83

Minnetonka6.3 mi away

10%57

Eden Prairie7.7 mi away

10%54

Edina11.2 mi away

5%28

Bloomington14.5 mi away

5%27

Excelsior1.2 mi away

5%26

St. Paul23.7 mi away

5%25

Chanhassen4.6 mi away

4%24

Plymouth9.6 mi away

4%22

St. Louis Park11 mi away

3%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%191

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

How far

How far Tonka Bay commutes

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

42%

49%

42%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tonka Bay is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tonka Bay are

222 jobs are based in Tonka Bay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tonka Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tonka Bay

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Tonka Bay residents hold

555 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+18%

Jobs based in Tonka Bay, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 222. 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.