Work & commute · North Oaks

Work & commute in North Oaks, MN

Most working residents leave North Oaks for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (18%), St. Paul (13%) and Roseville (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

74 of 2,057 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,983 North Oaks residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 1,435 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Oaks.

1,983live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

1,435work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Oaks goes to work

Minneapolis12.7 mi away

18%380

St. Paul10.8 mi away

13%273

Roseville6.7 mi away

4%83

Edina19.4 mi away

4%77

North Oaks (in town)right here

4%74

Shoreview2.4 mi away

3%68

Bloomington21.7 mi away

3%67

Arden Hills3.9 mi away

3%64

Fridley7.9 mi away

2%49

White Bear Lake5.1 mi away

2%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%874

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

How far

How far North Oaks commutes

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

39%

54%

39%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Oaks 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 North Oaks are

1,509 jobs are based in North Oaks. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Oaks

1,509 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs North Oaks residents hold

2,057 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−33%

Jobs based in North Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 2,243 → 1,509. 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.