Work & commute · Maplewood

Work & commute in Maplewood, MN

Most working residents leave Maplewood for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (21%), Minneapolis (12%) and Edina (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

954 of 18,503 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,549 Maplewood residents head out of town to work, 954 work right here, and 12,628 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maplewood.

17,549live here, work elsewhere

954live and work here

12,628work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maplewood goes to work

St. Paul6 mi away

21%3,898

Minneapolis12.2 mi away

12%2,285

Maplewood (in town)right here

5%954

Edina18.3 mi away

4%675

Roseville6 mi away

4%666

Woodbury9.4 mi away

3%617

Bloomington19.1 mi away

3%547

Oakdale4 mi away

3%466

Eagan15.5 mi away

2%383

White Bear Lake3.3 mi away

2%333

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%7,679

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

How far

How far Maplewood commutes

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

51%

42%

51%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maplewood is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maplewood are

13,582 jobs are based in Maplewood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maplewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Maplewood

13,582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Maplewood residents hold

18,503 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−16%

Jobs based in Maplewood, 2013 → 2023: 16,218 → 13,582. 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.