Work & commute · New Hope

Work & commute in New Hope, MN

Most working residents leave New Hope for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (17%), Plymouth (9%) and Maple Grove (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

587 of 10,222 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,635 New Hope residents head out of town to work, 587 work right here, and 10,184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Hope.

9,635live here, work elsewhere

587live and work here

10,184work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Hope goes to work

Minneapolis7.7 mi away

17%1,746

Plymouth3.8 mi away

9%923

New Hope (in town)right here

6%587

Maple Grove6.7 mi away

5%491

Golden Valley3.4 mi away

4%449

Minnetonka8 mi away

4%435

St. Paul15.1 mi away

4%434

Eden Prairie13.3 mi away

4%416

Brooklyn Park5.5 mi away

4%404

St. Louis Park6.1 mi away

4%391

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%3,946

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

How far

How far New Hope commutes

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

64%

30%

64%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Hope is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Hope are

10,771 jobs are based in New Hope. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Hope

10,771 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs New Hope residents hold

10,222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+4%

Jobs based in New Hope, 2013 → 2023: 10,398 → 10,771. 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.