Work & commute · Robbinsdale

Work & commute in Robbinsdale, MN

Most working residents leave Robbinsdale for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (26%), St. Paul (5%) and Plymouth (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

237 of 7,315 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,078 Robbinsdale residents head out of town to work, 237 work right here, and 5,698 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Robbinsdale.

7,078live here, work elsewhere

237live and work here

5,698work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Robbinsdale goes to work

Minneapolis5.2 mi away

26%1,925

St. Paul12.2 mi away

5%384

Plymouth6.5 mi away

5%347

St. Louis Park5.5 mi away

5%338

Maple Grove9 mi away

4%273

Golden Valley2.7 mi away

4%270

Bloomington13.5 mi away

4%259

Edina9.3 mi away

3%254

Minnetonka8.9 mi away

3%239

Robbinsdale (in town)right here

3%237

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,789

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

How far

How far Robbinsdale commutes

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

68%

26%

68%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Robbinsdale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Robbinsdale are

5,935 jobs are based in Robbinsdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Robbinsdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Robbinsdale

5,935 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Robbinsdale residents hold

7,315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+5%

Jobs based in Robbinsdale, 2013 → 2023: 5,668 → 5,935. 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.