Work & commute · St. Michael

Work & commute in St. Michael, MN

Most working residents leave St. Michael for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (10%), Maple Grove (6%) and Plymouth (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

583 of 10,115 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,532 St. Michael residents head out of town to work, 583 work right here, and 3,332 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Michael.

9,532live here, work elsewhere

583live and work here

3,332work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Michael goes to work

Minneapolis26.2 mi away

10%1,035

Maple Grove12.5 mi away

6%588

St. Michael (in town)right here

6%583

Plymouth16.5 mi away

6%582

Albertville2.9 mi away

5%459

Rogers5.6 mi away

4%357

Eden Prairie26.7 mi away

3%312

Minnetonka21.6 mi away

3%308

St. Paul33.4 mi away

3%273

Brooklyn Park17.7 mi away

3%270

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%5,348

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

How far

How far St. Michael commutes

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

23%

44%

28%

23%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Michael is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Michael are

3,915 jobs are based in St. Michael. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Michael’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Michael

3,915 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs St. Michael residents hold

10,115 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+31%

Jobs based in St. Michael, 2013 → 2023: 2,991 → 3,915. 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.