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Work & commute · San Francisco

Work & commute in San Francisco, MN

Most working residents leave San Francisco for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (10%), Chaska (10%) and Eden Prairie (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
3 of 480 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
23%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 477 San Francisco residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Francisco.

477live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
88work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where San Francisco goes to work

HendersonCologneCarverWaconiaBelle PlaineVictoriaChaskaEdinaChanhassenBloomingtonShakopeeMinnetonkaEden PrairieSt. PaulMinneapolisFaxonSand CreekSan FranciscoHancockLouisvilleSt. LawrenceDahlgrenMinneapolisChaskaEden PrairieChanhassenBloomingtonMinnetonkaCarverEdinaShakopeeSt. PaulSan Francisco
1
Minneapolis28.2 mi away
10%49
2
Chaska9.5 mi away
10%47
3
Eden Prairie16 mi away
10%47
4
Chanhassen12.5 mi away
9%41
5
Bloomington21.2 mi away
5%25
6
Minnetonka20.2 mi away
5%22
7
Carver5.7 mi away
4%20
8
Edina21.6 mi away
4%19
9
Shakopee12.3 mi away
4%19
10
St. Paul34.2 mi away
4%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%172

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

How far

How far San Francisco commutes

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

15%Under 10 mi
52%10–24 mi
28%25–50 mi
5%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

San Francisco is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Francisco are

91 jobs are based in San Francisco. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Francisco’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Francisco

91 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)48%
Trade, transport & utilities3%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs San Francisco residents hold

480 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%
Over $3,333 a month73%
+168%

Jobs based in San Francisco, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 91. 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.

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