Work & commute · Zimmerman

Work & commute in Zimmerman, MN

Most working residents leave Zimmerman for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Elk River (13%), Minneapolis (8%) and Rogers (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

183 of 3,471 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,288 Zimmerman residents head out of town to work, 183 work right here, and 1,432 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zimmerman.

3,288live here, work elsewhere

183live and work here

1,432work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zimmerman goes to work

Elk River7.6 mi away

13%460

Minneapolis36.6 mi away

8%269

Zimmerman (in town)right here

5%183

Rogers17.7 mi away

4%124

Edina39.7 mi away

3%113

Maple Grove23.3 mi away

3%113

Plymouth29.6 mi away

3%111

Anoka18.5 mi away

3%104

Coon Rapids22.9 mi away

3%93

Princeton8.8 mi away

3%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,811

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

How far

How far Zimmerman commutes

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

21%

28%

45%

21%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zimmerman is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Zimmerman are

1,615 jobs are based in Zimmerman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Zimmerman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Zimmerman

1,615 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Zimmerman residents hold

3,471 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+36%

Jobs based in Zimmerman, 2013 → 2023: 1,189 → 1,615. 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.