Work & commute · Brooklyn Park

Work & commute in Brooklyn Park, MN

Most working residents leave Brooklyn Park for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (18%), Maple Grove (6%) and Plymouth (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

3,953 of 38,810 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 34,857 Brooklyn Park residents head out of town to work, 3,953 work right here, and 25,120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brooklyn Park.

34,857live here, work elsewhere

3,953live and work here

25,120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brooklyn Park goes to work

Minneapolis10.9 mi away

18%7,063

Brooklyn Park (in town)right here

10%3,953

Maple Grove5.4 mi away

6%2,318

Plymouth8.3 mi away

6%2,237

St. Paul16.4 mi away

5%2,006

Brooklyn Center3.3 mi away

3%1,285

Edina15.2 mi away

3%1,184

Bloomington19.5 mi away

3%1,159

Fridley4.7 mi away

3%1,128

St. Louis Park11.2 mi away

3%1,091

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%15,386

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

How far

How far Brooklyn Park commutes

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

52%

42%

52%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brooklyn Park is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brooklyn Park are

29,073 jobs are based in Brooklyn Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brooklyn Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brooklyn Park

29,073 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Brooklyn Park residents hold

38,810 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+37%

Jobs based in Brooklyn Park, 2013 → 2023: 21,200 → 29,073. 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.