Work & commute · Brooklyn Center

Work & commute in Brooklyn Center, MN

Most working residents leave Brooklyn Center for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (19%), St. Paul (7%) and Brooklyn Park (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

805 of 15,213 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,408 Brooklyn Center residents head out of town to work, 805 work right here, and 11,790 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brooklyn Center.

14,408live here, work elsewhere

805live and work here

11,790work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brooklyn Center goes to work

Minneapolis7.6 mi away

19%2,944

St. Paul13.3 mi away

7%1,029

Brooklyn Park3.3 mi away

6%981

Plymouth7.8 mi away

6%873

Brooklyn Center (in town)right here

5%805

Maple Grove7.7 mi away

5%697

Fridley3 mi away

4%547

Bloomington16.5 mi away

3%532

St. Louis Park8.6 mi away

3%439

Edina12.4 mi away

3%423

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%5,943

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

How far

How far Brooklyn Center commutes

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

63%

31%

63%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brooklyn Center is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brooklyn Center are

12,595 jobs are based in Brooklyn Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brooklyn Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brooklyn Center

12,595 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Brooklyn Center residents hold

15,213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+9%

Jobs based in Brooklyn Center, 2013 → 2023: 11,590 → 12,595. 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.