Work & commute · Little Canada

Work & commute in Little Canada, MN

Most working residents leave Little Canada for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (18%), Minneapolis (15%) and Roseville (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

188 of 4,798 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,610 Little Canada residents head out of town to work, 188 work right here, and 6,807 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little Canada.

4,610live here, work elsewhere

188live and work here

6,807work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Little Canada goes to work

St. Paul5.2 mi away

18%876

Minneapolis9.9 mi away

15%705

Roseville3.5 mi away

5%258

Little Canada (in town)right here

4%188

Maplewood2.6 mi away

4%177

Edina16.3 mi away

4%171

Bloomington17.5 mi away

3%154

Vadnais Heights2.5 mi away

3%131

Eagan14.9 mi away

2%88

Fridley9.6 mi away

2%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,968

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

How far

How far Little Canada commutes

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

60%

34%

60%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Little Canada is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Little Canada are

6,995 jobs are based in Little Canada. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Little Canada’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Little Canada

6,995 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Little Canada residents hold

4,798 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+4%

Jobs based in Little Canada, 2013 → 2023: 6,754 → 6,995. 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.