Work & commute · Washington Lake

Work & commute in Washington Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Washington Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Eden Prairie (6%), Chaska (5%) and Le Sueur (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 241 Washington Lake residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Washington Lake.

241live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Washington Lake goes to work

Eden Prairie26.8 mi away

6%14

Chaska19.1 mi away

5%13

Le Sueur14.8 mi away

4%9

St. Peter24.3 mi away

4%9

Shakopee24.1 mi away

4%9

Glencoe11.6 mi away

3%8

Belle Plaine10 mi away

3%8

Chanhassen22.1 mi away

3%8

Minnetonka29.7 mi away

3%8

Benton7.4 mi away

3%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%152

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

How far

How far Washington Lake commutes

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

13%

44%

35%

13%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Washington Lake is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Washington Lake are

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

Jobs based in Washington Lake

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Washington Lake residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+33%

Jobs based in Washington Lake, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 68. 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.