Mound has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Jobs and income earn Mound B+; getting around on foot earns it B. Mound has 1,094 jobs; 4,681 of its residents have a job. Only 6% work in Mound; the top destination outside it is Minneapolis (12%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mound: the figures worth knowing
Mound workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (21 to 27 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Mound is a place people come home to
There are 1,094 jobs based in Mound, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mound has about 5,500 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Mound
72% of Mound residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 51% of the jobs based in Mound pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Mound earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mound is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #162 of 273 in Minnesota. Job access by car holds Mound’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mound could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Time on the road from Mound: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mound workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,634 commuters (the 25% 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.
How a workday changes Mound
On a workday 4,407 residents head out to work, 274 work right here, and 820 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,500 people are in Mound on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
What Mound’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mound, 2013 → 2023: 898 → 1,094. 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 Mound’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Mound goes to work
Where Mound clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Mound
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.
Getting around Mound: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mound is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #149 of 273 in Minnesota. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Minnesota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,851 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 35% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 10% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.2% of Mound households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mound’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Mound is 1,258th of 2,891 U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Albertville MN | 8,544 | $133K | 1.1% | 0.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 17 | Mendota Heights MN | 11,475 | $133K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Dayton MN | 11,402 | $149K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,256 | Cooper Township MI | 10,446 | $83K | 2.7% | 6.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,257 | Medulla FL | 10,985 | $71K | 8.7% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,258 | Mound MN | 9,064 | $87K | 8.8% | 5.2% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,259 | Yelm WA | 12,043 | $91K | 6.1% | 3.8% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,260 | Ranson corporation WV | 6,853 | $90K | 12.0% | 2.5% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,891 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mound, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work in the towns next to Mound
The biggest share goes to Minnetrista (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mound workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mound | – | B+ | B | 31 min | $86,675 |
| Minnetrista | 3% | A | B− | 27 min | $163,051 |
| Spring Park | under 3% | B− | A− | 21 min | $48,315 |
| Orono | under 3% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $173,527 |
| Shorewood | under 3% | A | A− | 23 min | $171,063 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mound’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Mound: questions
What is the median household income in Mound?
$86,675 (±$16,456) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mound?
8.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mound?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mound work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (12%, 19 mi), Eden Prairie (7%, 11 mi), Minnetonka (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mound walkable?
Mound is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mound without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 10% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mound, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mound
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.