With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Heidelberg works elsewhere
21 jobs are based in Heidelberg, and 73 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Heidelberg; the top destination outside it is New Prague (18%, 4 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Heidelberg, and who commutes in
On a workday 73 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 82 people are in Heidelberg on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Heidelberg: the destinations
Where Heidelberg clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
71% of the jobs in Heidelberg pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Heidelberg, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 21. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Heidelberg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Heidelberg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Heidelberg workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 116 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Heidelberg
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Heidelberg: questions
What is the median household income in Heidelberg?
$115,417 (±$2,811) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Heidelberg?
0.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Heidelberg?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Heidelberg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Prague (18%, 4 mi), Burnsville (5%, 25 mi), Le Sueur (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Heidelberg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Heidelberg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Heidelberg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.