Work & commute · North St. Paul

Work & commute in North St. Paul, MN

Most working residents leave North St. Paul for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (18%), Minneapolis (11%) and Maplewood (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

278 of 5,994 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

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,716 North St. Paul residents head out of town to work, 278 work right here, and 3,558 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North St. Paul.

5,716live here, work elsewhere

278live and work here

3,558work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North St. Paul goes to work

St. Paul6.7 mi away

18%1,090

Minneapolis13.5 mi away

11%673

North St. Paul (in town)right here

5%278

Maplewood1.5 mi away

5%273

Oakdale2.6 mi away

4%221

Edina19.4 mi away

3%197

Bloomington19.9 mi away

3%184

Roseville7.4 mi away

3%176

Woodbury8.3 mi away

3%170

White Bear Lake3.6 mi away

3%167

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%2,565

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

How far

How far North St. Paul commutes

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

50%

44%

50%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North St. Paul is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North St. Paul are

3,836 jobs are based in North St. Paul. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North St. Paul’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North St. Paul

3,836 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs North St. Paul residents hold

5,994 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+39%

Jobs based in North St. Paul, 2013 → 2023: 2,767 → 3,836. 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.