Work & commute · Blaine

Work & commute in Blaine, MN

Most working residents leave Blaine for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (17%), St. Paul (7%) and Fridley (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

3,401 of 35,645 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 32,244 Blaine residents head out of town to work, 3,401 work right here, and 18,977 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blaine.

32,244live here, work elsewhere

3,401live and work here

18,977work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blaine goes to work

Minneapolis14.6 mi away

17%6,110

Blaine (in town)right here

10%3,401

St. Paul16.1 mi away

7%2,589

Fridley6.5 mi away

5%1,642

Coon Rapids5.1 mi away

4%1,517

Edina20.7 mi away

3%1,064

Roseville11 mi away

3%1,008

Plymouth16.2 mi away

3%928

Brooklyn Park8.1 mi away

3%920

Maple Grove12.9 mi away

2%861

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%15,605

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

How far

How far Blaine commutes

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

36%

56%

36%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blaine is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blaine are

22,378 jobs are based in Blaine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blaine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blaine

22,378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Blaine residents hold

35,645 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−9%

Jobs based in Blaine, 2013 → 2023: 24,496 → 22,378. 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.