Work & commute · Hopkins

Work & commute in Hopkins, MN

Most working residents leave Hopkins for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (18%), Minnetonka (8%) and Eden Prairie (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

573 of 8,820 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,247 Hopkins residents head out of town to work, 573 work right here, and 9,482 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hopkins.

8,247live here, work elsewhere

573live and work here

9,482work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hopkins goes to work

Minneapolis7.2 mi away

18%1,617

Minnetonka2.7 mi away

8%691

Eden Prairie5.9 mi away

7%654

St. Louis Park2.5 mi away

7%649

Hopkins (in town)right here

6%573

Bloomington7.9 mi away

5%450

St. Paul14.8 mi away

5%412

Edina3.2 mi away

5%397

Plymouth7.3 mi away

4%379

Golden Valley5 mi away

3%273

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,725

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

How far

How far Hopkins commutes

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

70%

25%

70%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hopkins is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hopkins are

10,055 jobs are based in Hopkins. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hopkins’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hopkins

10,055 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Hopkins residents hold

8,820 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−4%

Jobs based in Hopkins, 2013 → 2023: 10,454 → 10,055. 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.