Work & commute · Wayzata

Work & commute in Wayzata, MN

Most working residents leave Wayzata for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (18%), Plymouth (8%) and Eden Prairie (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

140 of 1,733 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,593 Wayzata residents head out of town to work, 140 work right here, and 5,466 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wayzata.

1,593live here, work elsewhere

140live and work here

5,466work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wayzata goes to work

Minneapolis12.1 mi away

18%304

Wayzata (in town)right here

8%140

Plymouth4.4 mi away

8%135

Eden Prairie8.8 mi away

6%102

Minnetonka3.9 mi away

5%87

Edina9.4 mi away

4%66

Bloomington13.8 mi away

4%63

Golden Valley7.8 mi away

3%60

St. Paul20.2 mi away

3%58

St. Louis Park7.5 mi away

3%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%663

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

How far

How far Wayzata commutes

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

46%

45%

46%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wayzata is a job hub

3.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wayzata are

5,606 jobs are based in Wayzata. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wayzata’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wayzata

5,606 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Wayzata residents hold

1,733 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+61%

Jobs based in Wayzata, 2013 → 2023: 3,476 → 5,606. 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.