Work & commute · West St. Paul

Work & commute in West St. Paul, MN

Most working residents leave West St. Paul for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (20%), Minneapolis (13%) and Eagan (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

739 of 9,375 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,636 West St. Paul residents head out of town to work, 739 work right here, and 6,798 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West St. Paul.

8,636live here, work elsewhere

739live and work here

6,798work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West St. Paul goes to work

St. Paul3.3 mi away

20%1,862

Minneapolis9.9 mi away

13%1,249

West St. Paul (in town)right here

8%739

Eagan7.1 mi away

6%566

Bloomington12.3 mi away

4%410

Edina13.5 mi away

3%327

Mendota Heights2.9 mi away

3%257

Woodbury7.9 mi away

2%197

Inver Grove Heights5.2 mi away

2%196

Eden Prairie18.6 mi away

2%168

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,404

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

How far

How far West St. Paul commutes

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

60%

32%

60%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West St. Paul is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West St. Paul are

7,537 jobs are based in West St. Paul. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West St. Paul’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West St. Paul

7,537 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs West St. Paul residents hold

9,375 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+9%

Jobs based in West St. Paul, 2013 → 2023: 6,892 → 7,537. 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.