Work & commute · Minneapolis

Work & commute in Minneapolis, MN

41% of Minneapolis’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (9%), Bloomington (5%) and Edina (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

75,456 of 186,025 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 110,569 Minneapolis residents head out of town to work, 75,456 work right here, and 236,913 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minneapolis.

110,569live here, work elsewhere

75,456live and work here

236,913work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minneapolis goes to work

Minneapolis (in town)right here

41%75,456

St. Paul8.1 mi away

9%17,388

Bloomington9.5 mi away

5%8,449

Edina6.7 mi away

4%7,537

Eden Prairie12.2 mi away

3%5,267

St. Louis Park4.8 mi away

3%5,152

Minnetonka9.5 mi away

2%4,528

Plymouth10.3 mi away

2%3,993

Golden Valley4.8 mi away

2%3,682

Eagan11.5 mi away

2%3,023

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%51,550

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

How far

How far Minneapolis commutes

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

77%

18%

77%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minneapolis is a job hub

1.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Minneapolis are

312,369 jobs are based in Minneapolis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Minneapolis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Minneapolis

312,369 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Minneapolis residents hold

186,025 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+3%

Jobs based in Minneapolis, 2013 → 2023: 302,238 → 312,369. 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.