Work & commute · Fridley

Work & commute in Fridley, MN

Most working residents leave Fridley for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (21%), St. Paul (7%) and Brooklyn Park (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,271 of 13,688 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,417 Fridley residents head out of town to work, 1,271 work right here, and 27,949 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fridley.

12,417live here, work elsewhere

1,271live and work here

27,949work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fridley goes to work

Minneapolis8.4 mi away

21%2,906

Fridley (in town)right here

9%1,271

St. Paul12.1 mi away

7%903

Brooklyn Park4.7 mi away

3%433

Plymouth10.8 mi away

3%433

Coon Rapids6.8 mi away

3%425

Blaine6.5 mi away

3%413

Edina14.2 mi away

3%356

Maple Grove10 mi away

3%353

St. Louis Park10.7 mi away

2%342

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%5,853

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

How far

How far Fridley commutes

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

61%

33%

61%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fridley is a job hub

2.13jobs 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 Fridley are

29,220 jobs are based in Fridley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fridley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fridley

29,220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Fridley residents hold

13,688 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+27%

Jobs based in Fridley, 2013 → 2023: 22,947 → 29,220. 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.