Work & commute · Circle Pines

Work & commute in Circle Pines, MN

Most working residents leave Circle Pines for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (14%), St. Paul (11%) and Blaine (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 2,464 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,437 Circle Pines residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 386 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Circle Pines.

2,437live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

386work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Circle Pines goes to work

Minneapolis13.8 mi away

14%352

St. Paul13.6 mi away

11%272

Blaine3.4 mi away

10%248

Roseville8.9 mi away

3%76

Fridley6.9 mi away

3%72

Lino Lakes2.7 mi away

3%71

Coon Rapids8.3 mi away

3%66

Arden Hills5.1 mi away

3%65

Edina20.3 mi away

2%59

New Brighton5.8 mi away

2%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,130

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

How far

How far Circle Pines commutes

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

40%

52%

40%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Circle Pines is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Circle Pines are

413 jobs are based in Circle Pines. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Circle Pines’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Circle Pines

413 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Circle Pines residents hold

2,464 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−30%

Jobs based in Circle Pines, 2013 → 2023: 592 → 413. 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.