Work & commute · Stillwater

Work & commute in Stillwater, MN

Most working residents leave Stillwater for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (11%), Minneapolis (10%) and Oak Park Heights (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,383 of 9,305 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,922 Stillwater residents head out of town to work, 1,383 work right here, and 7,521 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stillwater.

7,922live here, work elsewhere

1,383live and work here

7,521work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stillwater goes to work

Stillwater (in town)right here

15%1,383

St. Paul15.4 mi away

11%1,001

Minneapolis22.4 mi away

10%890

Oak Park Heights2 mi away

5%466

Bloomington28.5 mi away

3%300

Bayport3.9 mi away

3%277

Woodbury11.5 mi away

2%231

Edina28.3 mi away

2%215

Roseville16.1 mi away

2%171

Eagan23.4 mi away

2%165

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%4,206

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

How far

How far Stillwater commutes

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

35%

43%

18%

35%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stillwater is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stillwater are

8,904 jobs are based in Stillwater. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stillwater’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stillwater

8,904 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Stillwater residents hold

9,305 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+10%

Jobs based in Stillwater, 2013 → 2023: 8,072 → 8,904. 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.