Work & commute · New Brighton

Work & commute in New Brighton, MN

Most working residents leave New Brighton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (22%), St. Paul (10%) and Roseville (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

602 of 10,584 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,982 New Brighton residents head out of town to work, 602 work right here, and 10,333 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Brighton.

9,982live here, work elsewhere

602live and work here

10,333work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Brighton goes to work

Minneapolis8 mi away

22%2,286

St. Paul9.8 mi away

10%1,097

New Brighton (in town)right here

6%602

Roseville4.6 mi away

5%500

Edina14.5 mi away

3%351

Fridley2.7 mi away

3%347

Bloomington17.5 mi away

3%332

Arden Hills2.1 mi away

3%278

Blaine6.9 mi away

2%223

Brooklyn Park7.4 mi away

2%214

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%4,354

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

How far

How far New Brighton commutes

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

63%

32%

63%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Brighton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Brighton are

10,935 jobs are based in New Brighton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Brighton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Brighton

10,935 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs New Brighton residents hold

10,584 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+16%

Jobs based in New Brighton, 2013 → 2023: 9,392 → 10,935. 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.