Photo: Jon Platek · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Shakopee top those of 82% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Shakopee itself; outside it, Minneapolis draws the most (9%, 17 miles). Below the poverty line: 5.9% of residents, against 9.3% across Minnesota. The two grades for Shakopee are A for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Shakopee, in brief
Shakopee trades workers with the towns around it
Shakopee has about as many jobs (20,964) as working residents (22,584), but they are mostly different people: 18,723 residents leave for work each day while 17,103 people come in. Only 18% of the jobs in Shakopee are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Shakopee has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Shakopee went from 15,132 in 2013 to 20,964 in 2023, +39%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Shakopee
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Shakopee is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #86 of 273 in Minnesota. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shakopee could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Shakopee on a workday afternoon
On a workday 18,723 residents head out to work, 3,861 work right here, and 17,103 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Making and building: 30% of jobs based in Shakopee
20,964 jobs are based in Shakopee.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shakopee, 2013 → 2023: 15,132 → 20,964. 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 Shakopee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Shakopee goes to work
Where Shakopee clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Commuting from Shakopee: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shakopee workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21,014 commuters (the 18% 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 many miles Shakopee commutes
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.
In Shakopee, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Shakopee is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #162 of 273 in Minnesota. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 25,720 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 69% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 2% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% 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). 5.5% of Shakopee households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Shakopee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Shakopee places 172nd of 887 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 35,000 to 67,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 3 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 63 | Eden Prairie MN | 63,075 | $130K | 4.6% | 3.6% | 19% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Minnetonka MN | 53,969 | $120K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Edina MN | 54,356 | $129K | 4.7% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 170 | East Brunswick Township NJ | 50,678 | $143K | 5.8% | 4.7% | 11% | A |
| 171 | Woodstock GA | 39,895 | $103K | 6.6% | 2.7% | 8% | A |
| 172 | Shakopee MN | 49,366 | $107K | 5.9% | 3.7% | 17% | A |
| 173 | Bluffton SC | 36,807 | $111K | 4.3% | 2.2% | 19% | A |
| 174 | Lower Paxton Township PA | 55,564 | $92K | 6.1% | 2.3% | 14% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 887 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Shakopee, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Bordering towns draw 11% of Shakopee’s workers
The biggest share goes to Eden Prairie (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shakopee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shakopee | – | A | B | 22 min | $107,223 |
| Jackson Township | under 4% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $68,884 |
| Eden Prairie | 8% | A | A− | 21 min | $130,489 |
| Prior Lake | under 4% | A+ | B | 25 min | $134,255 |
| Chanhassen | 3% | A+ | B | 22 min | $143,651 |
| Louisville Township | under 4% | A+ | C− | 24 min | $143,125 |
| Spring Lake Township | under 4% | A+ | C− | 26 min | $146,953 |
| Savage | under 4% | A− | B− | 25 min | $125,513 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shakopee’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 Shakopee: questions
What is the median household income in Shakopee?
$107,223 (±$5,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shakopee?
5.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shakopee?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shakopee work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (9%, 17 mi), Eden Prairie (8%, 5 mi), Bloomington (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shakopee walkable?
Shakopee is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shakopee without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 2% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shakopee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shakopee
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.