Work & commute · Falcon Heights

Work & commute in Falcon Heights, MN

Most working residents leave Falcon Heights for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (30%), St. Paul (16%) and Roseville (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

179 of 2,467 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,288 Falcon Heights residents head out of town to work, 179 work right here, and 4,968 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Falcon Heights.

2,288live here, work elsewhere

179live and work here

4,968work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Falcon Heights goes to work

Minneapolis4.9 mi away

30%749

St. Paul4.4 mi away

16%395

Falcon Heights (in town)right here

7%179

Roseville2.2 mi away

5%132

Edina11.3 mi away

3%73

Bloomington12.9 mi away

2%58

Eagan12 mi away

2%44

Eden Prairie16.9 mi away

2%38

Arden Hills5.8 mi away

1%34

Plymouth14.3 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%731

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

How far

How far Falcon Heights commutes

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

72%

22%

72%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Falcon Heights is a job hub

2.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Falcon Heights are

5,147 jobs are based in Falcon Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Falcon Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Falcon Heights

5,147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Falcon Heights residents hold

2,467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+10%

Jobs based in Falcon Heights, 2013 → 2023: 4,686 → 5,147. 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.